diff --git a/pkgs/misc/jackaudio/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/jackaudio/default.nix
index 522da20f73c5..2470915ea8ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/jackaudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/jackaudio/default.nix
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "jackdbus-${version}";
-  version = "1.9.7";
+  version = "1.9.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.grame.fr/~letz/jack-1.9.7.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "01gcn82bb7xnbcsd2ispbav6lwm0il4g8rs2mbaqpcrf9nnmfvq9";
+    url = "http://www.grame.fr/~letz/jack-1.9.8.tgz";
+    sha256 = "0788092zxrivcfnfg15brpjkf14x8ma8cwjz4k0b9xdxajn2wwac";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig alsaLib python dbus pythonDBus expat makeWrapper ];
 
-  configurePhase = "python waf configure --prefix=$out --dbus --alsa";
+  configurePhase = "cd jack-1.9.8 && python waf configure --prefix=$out --dbus --alsa";
 
-  buildPhase = "python waf";
+  buildPhase = "python waf build";
 
   installPhase = ''
     python waf install