diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-oss/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-oss/default.nix
index 8fd93f58834..d3e7dd5fa5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-oss/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-oss/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, gettext, ncurses, libsamplerate}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "alsa-oss-1.1.8";
+  pname = "alsa-oss";
+  version = "1.1.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://alsa/oss-lib/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    url = "mirror://alsa/oss-lib/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "13nn6n6wpr2sj1hyqx4r9nb9bwxnhnzw8r2f08p8v13yjbswxbb4";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins/default.nix
index 9012f32f31d..90319efd7c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, lib, pkgconfig, alsaLib, libogg, libpulseaudio ? null, libjack2 ? null }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "alsa-plugins-1.1.6";
+  pname = "alsa-plugins";
+  version = "1.1.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://alsa/plugins/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "04qcwkisbh0d6lnh0rw1k6n869fbs6zbfq6yvb41rymiwgmk27bg";
+    url = "mirror://alsa/plugins/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "152r82i6f97gfilfgiax5prxkd4xlcipciv8ha8yrk452qbxyxvz";
   };
 
   # ToDo: a52, etc.?
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optional (libpulseaudio != null) libpulseaudio
     ++ lib.optional (libjack2 != null) libjack2;
 
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-alsalconfdir=${placeholder "out"}/etc/alsa/conf.d"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Various plugins for ALSA";
     homepage = http://alsa-project.org/;