diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/dirt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/dirt/default.nix
index 740d6d8d7e0..c50f85e96ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/dirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/dirt/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libsndfile, libsamplerate, liblo, libjack2 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "dirt-2015-04-28";
+  name = "dirt-2018-01-01";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     repo = "Dirt";
     owner = "tidalcycles";
-    rev = "cfc5e85318defda7462192b5159103c823ce61f7";
-    sha256 = "1shbyp54q64g6bsl6hhch58k3z1dyyy9ph6cq2xvdf8syy00sisz";
+    rev = "b09604c7d8e581bc7799d7e2ad293e7cdd254bda";
+    sha256 = "13adglk2d31d7mswfvi02b0rjdhzmsv11cc8smhidmrns3f9s96n";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
   buildInputs = [ libsndfile libsamplerate liblo libjack2 ];
   postPatch = ''
-    sed -i "s|./samples|$out/share/dirt/samples|" file.h
+    sed -i "s|./samples|$out/share/dirt/samples|" dirt.c
   '';
   configurePhase = ''
-    export DESTDIR=$out
+    export PREFIX=$out
   '';
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/dirt/