diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mumble/murmur.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mumble/murmur.nix
index b40632384c2b..4b074b0708e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mumble/murmur.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mumble/murmur.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt4, boost, protobuf, avahi, libcap, pkgconfig }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt4, boost, protobuf
+, avahi, libcap, pkgconfig
+, iceSupport ? false
+, zeroc_ice ? null
+}:
 
+assert iceSupport -> zeroc_ice != null;
+
+let
+  optional = stdenv.lib.optional;
+  optionalString = stdenv.lib.optionalString;
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "murmur-" + version;
   version = "1.2.4";
@@ -9,22 +19,28 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "16wwj6gwcnyjlnzh7wk0l255ldxmbwx0wi652sdp20lsv61q7kx1";
   };
 
-  configurePhase = ''
-    qmake CONFIG+=no-client CONFIG+=no-ice CONFIG+=no-embed-qt
+  patchPhase = optional iceSupport ''
+    sed -i 's,/usr/share/Ice/,${zeroc_ice}/,g' src/murmur/murmur.pro
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ qt4 boost protobuf avahi libcap pkgconfig ];
+  configurePhase = ''
+    qmake CONFIG+=no-client CONFIG+=no-embed-qt \
+    ${optionalString (!iceSupport) "CONFIG+=no-ice"}
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ qt4 boost protobuf avahi libcap pkgconfig ]
+    ++ optional iceSupport [ zeroc_ice ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out
     cp -r ./release $out/bin
   '';
 
-  meta = { 
-    homepage = http://mumble.sourceforge.net/;
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://mumble.sourceforge.net/";
     description = "Low-latency, high quality voice chat software";
-    license = "BSD";
-    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric];
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ viric ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b707f1cc6338..978a67d232ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8384,6 +8384,7 @@ let
     avahi = avahi.override {
       withLibdnssdCompat = true;
     };
+    iceSupport = config.murmur.iceSupport or true;
   };
 
   mutt = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt { };