diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsamplerate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsamplerate/default.nix
index 911145c5b748..8c132407d06c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsamplerate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsamplerate/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, fftw, libsndfile }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libsamplerate-0.1.7";
@@ -8,17 +8,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1m1iwzpcny42kcqv5as2nyb0ggrb56wzckpximqpp2y74dipdf4q";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ fftw libsndfile ];
+
   # maybe interesting configure flags:
   #--disable-fftw          disable usage of FFTW
   #--disable-cpu-clip      disable tricky cpu specific clipper
 
-  configurePhase =
-    ''
-      export LIBSAMPLERATE_CFLAGS="-I $libsamplerate/include"
-      export LIBSAMPLERATE_LIBS="-L $libsamplerate/libs"
-      ./configure --prefix=$out
-    '';
-
   meta = {
     description = "Sample Rate Converter for audio";
     homepage = http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC/index.html;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 801fd71e6be7..df07a54f7819 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4684,7 +4684,7 @@ let
   };
 
   libsamplerate = import ../development/libraries/libsamplerate {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv libsndfile fftw pkgconfig;
   };
 
   libspectre = import ../development/libraries/libspectre {