diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/gomobile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/mobile/gomobile/default.nix
index ce44b7dd934..4087f1cca80 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/mobile/gomobile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/gomobile/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchgit, buildGoModule, zlib, makeWrapper, xcodeenv, androidenv
 , xcodeWrapperArgs ? { }
 , xcodeWrapper ? xcodeenv.composeXcodeWrapper xcodeWrapperArgs
+, withAndroidPkgs ? true
 , androidPkgs ? androidenv.composeAndroidPackages {
     includeNDK = true;
     ndkVersion = "22.1.7171670";
@@ -43,10 +44,12 @@ buildGoModule {
     mkdir -p $out/src/golang.org/x
     ln -s $src $out/src/golang.org/x/mobile
     wrapProgram $out/bin/gomobile \
-      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${lib.makeLibraryPath [ zlib ]}" \
+  '' + lib.optionalString withAndroidPkgs ''
       --prefix PATH : "${androidPkgs.androidsdk}/bin" \
       --set ANDROID_NDK_HOME "${androidPkgs.androidsdk}/libexec/android-sdk/ndk-bundle" \
-      --set ANDROID_HOME "${androidPkgs.androidsdk}/libexec/android-sdk"
+      --set ANDROID_HOME "${androidPkgs.androidsdk}/libexec/android-sdk" \
+  '' + ''
+      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${lib.makeLibraryPath [ zlib ]}"
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {