diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/sonic-visualiser/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/sonic-visualiser/default.nix
index 6164c1cfe933..d1c981de2d5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/sonic-visualiser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/sonic-visualiser/default.nix
@@ -2,21 +2,23 @@
 
 { stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, bzip2, fftw, libjack2, libX11, liblo
 , libmad, libogg, librdf, librdf_raptor, librdf_rasqal, libsamplerate
-, libsndfile, pkgconfig, libpulseaudio, qtbase, redland
-, qmake, rubberband, serd, sord, vampSDK, fftwFloat
+, libsndfile, pkgconfig, libpulseaudio, qtbase, qtsvg, redland
+, rubberband, serd, sord, vampSDK, fftwFloat
+, capnproto, liboggz, libfishsound, libid3tag, opusfile
+, wrapQtAppsHook
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "sonic-visualiser";
-  version = "2.4.1";
+  version = "4.0.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/download/1185/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "06nlha70kgrby16nyhngrv5q846xagnxdinv608v7ga7vpywwmyb";
+    url = "https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/download/2607/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "14674adzp3chilymna236qyvci3b1zmi3wyz696wk7bcd3ndpsg6";
   };
 
   buildInputs =
-    [ libsndfile qtbase fftw fftwFloat bzip2 librdf rubberband
+    [ libsndfile qtbase qtsvg fftw fftwFloat bzip2 librdf rubberband
       libsamplerate vampSDK alsaLib librdf_raptor librdf_rasqal redland
       serd
       sord
@@ -26,23 +28,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       libpulseaudio
       libmad
       libogg # ?
-      # fishsound
+      libfishsound
       liblo
       libX11
+      capnproto
+      liboggz
+      libid3tag
+      opusfile
     ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig qmake ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig wrapQtAppsHook ];
 
-  configurePhase = ''
-    for i in sonic-visualiser svapp svcore svgui;
-      do cd $i && qmake PREFIX=$out && cd ..;
-    done
-  '';
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/{bin,share/sonic-visualiser}
-    cp sonic-visualiser $out/bin/
-    cp -r samples $out/share/sonic-visualiser/
+  # comment out the tests
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -i 's/sub_test_svcore_/#sub_test_svcore_/' sonic-visualiser.pro
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
@@ -51,6 +52,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu maintainers.marcweber ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    broken = true;
   };
 }