diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacious/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/audacious/default.nix
index 8242d035e5b8..e5e8640b4fd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacious/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/audacious/default.nix
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "audacious-${version}";
-  version = "3.8.2";
+  version = "3.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://distfiles.audacious-media-player.org/audacious-${version}-gtk3.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1g08xprc9q0lyw3knq723j7xr7i15f8v1x1j3k5wvi8jv21bvijf";
+    sha256 = "0dc7fg0v2l2j4h9cz1baz7rf4n0a5jgk09qvsj806sh6jp7w6ipm";
   };
 
   pluginsSrc = fetchurl {
     url = "http://distfiles.audacious-media-player.org/audacious-plugins-${version}-gtk3.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1vqcxwqinlwb2l0kkrarg33sw1brjzrnq5jbhzrql6z6x95h4jbq";
+    sha256 = "1gck37c5pnzxdhrnb1g75b5hi31s2dc952wifxns45pkdlayrmra";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacious/qt-5.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/audacious/qt-5.nix
index 803b0115fbdf..353865e8ec04 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/audacious/qt-5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/audacious/qt-5.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  mkDerivation, lib, fetchurl,
+  mkDerivation, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch,
   gettext, pkgconfig,
   qtbase,
   alsaLib, curl, faad2, ffmpeg, flac, fluidsynth, gdk_pixbuf, lame, libbs2b,
@@ -10,18 +10,23 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "3.8.2";
+  version = "3.9";
   sources = {
     "audacious-${version}" = fetchurl {
       url = "http://distfiles.audacious-media-player.org/audacious-${version}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "14xyvmxdax0aj1gqcz8z23cjcavsysyh6b3lkiczkv4vrqf4gwdx";
+      sha256 = "0pmhrhsjhqnrq3zh4rhfys5jas53ph5ijkq010dxg1n779kl901d";
     };
 
     "audacious-plugins-${version}" = fetchurl {
       url = "http://distfiles.audacious-media-player.org/audacious-plugins-${version}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "1m7xln93zc4qvb1fi83icyd5x2r6azqlvs5nigjz8az3l2kzrknp";
+      sha256 = "1f17r7ar0mngcf7z41s6xh073vjafw3i7iy9ijb0cd6bi48g5xwb";
     };
   };
+
+  qt510_plugins_patch = fetchpatch {
+    url = "https://github.com/audacious-media-player/audacious-plugins/commit/971f7ff7c3d8a0b9b420bf4fd19ab97755607637.patch";
+    sha256 = "15fy37syj9ygl2ibkkz3g3b9wd22vk9bjfmvqhhkpxphry2zwb17";
+  };
 in
 
 mkDerivation {
@@ -33,6 +38,8 @@ mkDerivation {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gettext pkgconfig ];
 
+  inherit qt510_plugins_patch;
+
   buildInputs = [
     # Core dependencies
     qtbase
@@ -55,6 +62,10 @@ mkDerivation {
     for (( i=0 ; i < ''${#sourceFiles[*]} ; i++ )); do
 
       (
+        # only patch the plugins
+        if [ "$i" -eq "1" ]; then
+          patches=( $qt510_plugins_patch )
+        fi
         src=''${sourceFiles[$i]}
         sourceRoot=''${sourceRoots[$i]}
         source $stdenv/setup