diff --git a/pkgs/games/exult/default.nix b/pkgs/games/exult/default.nix
index ab09e4efed40..cc32d13617dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/exult/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/exult/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , SDL2
 , autoconf
+, autoconf-archive
+, autoreconfHook
 , automake
 , libogg
 , libtool
@@ -10,21 +12,31 @@
 , pkg-config
 , zlib
 , enableTools ? false
+# Darwin-specific
+, AudioUnit
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "exult";
-  version = "1.8";
+  version = "1.10.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "exult";
     repo = "exult";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Y7FpgiGuqR4ZG/PNSfLcNcRWeeC7GebUTighXsCfy+E=";
+    hash = "sha256-NlvtYtmJNYhOC1BtIxIij3NEQHWAGOeD4XgRq7evjzE=";
   };
 
+  # We can't use just DESTDIR because with it we'll have /nix/store/...-exult-1.10.1/nix/store/...-exult-1.10.1/bin
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace macosx/macosx.am \
+      --replace-fail DESTDIR NIX_DESTDIR
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoconf
+    autoconf-archive
+    autoreconfHook
     automake
     libtool
     pkg-config
@@ -35,12 +47,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libogg
     libvorbis
     zlib
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    AudioUnit
   ];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    ./autogen.sh
-  '';
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  makeFlags = [ "NIX_DESTDIR=$(out)" ]; # see postPatch
   configureFlags = lib.optional (!enableTools) "--disable-tools";
 
   meta = with lib; {
@@ -58,5 +71,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "http://exult.info";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ azahi ];
+    mainProgram = "exult";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ac40c890cd23..0b7e9ba4810e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -34694,7 +34694,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   extremetuxracer = callPackage ../games/extremetuxracer { };
 
-  exult = callPackage ../games/exult { };
+  exult = callPackage ../games/exult {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AudioUnit;
+  };
 
   fallout-ce = callPackage ../games/fallout-ce/fallout-ce.nix { };
   fallout2-ce = callPackage ../games/fallout-ce/fallout2-ce.nix { };