diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mirrorbits/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mirrorbits/default.nix
index 48817f76bda..0761468bd1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mirrorbits/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mirrorbits/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     rm -rf testing
   '';
 
+  # Fix build with go >=1.12
+  preBuild = ''
+    sed -i s/"_Ctype_struct_GeoIPRecordTag"/"C.struct_GeoIPRecordTag"/ ./go/src/github.com/etix/geoip/geoip.go
+  '';
+
   goPackagePath = "github.com/etix/mirrorbits";
   goDeps = ./deps.nix;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c9af01e631a..827b185adec 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4798,11 +4798,7 @@ in
 
   miredo = callPackage ../tools/networking/miredo { };
 
-  mirrorbits = callPackage ../servers/mirrorbits {
-    # XXX: this is failing with Go 1.12. Error is related to cgo, an
-    # update to this package might fix it.
-    buildGoPackage = buildGo111Package;
-  };
+  mirrorbits = callPackage ../servers/mirrorbits { };
 
   mitmproxy = callPackage ../tools/networking/mitmproxy { };