diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/bristol/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/bristol/default.nix
index e19acab36b5a..3b94235889cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/bristol/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/bristol/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
     xorg.xproto
   ];
 
+  patchPhase = "sed -i '41,43d' libbristolaudio/audioEngineJack.c"; # disable alsa/iatomic
+
+  configurePhase = "./configure --prefix=$out --enable-jack-default-audio --enable-jack-default-midi";
+
   preInstall = ''
     sed -e "s@\`which bristol\`@$out/bin/bristol@g" -i bin/startBristol
     sed -e "s@\`which brighton\`@$out/bin/brighton@g" -i bin/startBristol