diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/default.nix
index 123b183f2d3..7a678148944 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 , enableFetchart   ? true
 , enableLastfm     ? true
 , enableMpd        ? true
-, enableReplaygain ? true
+, enableReplaygain ? true, bs1770gain ? null
 , enableThumbnails ? true
 , enableWeb        ? true
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ assert enableEchonest    -> pythonPackages.pyechonest     != null;
 assert enableFetchart    -> pythonPackages.responses      != null;
 assert enableLastfm      -> pythonPackages.pylast         != null;
 assert enableMpd         -> pythonPackages.mpd            != null;
-assert enableReplaygain  -> pythonPackages.audiotools     != null;
+assert enableReplaygain  -> bs1770gain                    != null;
 assert enableThumbnails  -> pythonPackages.pyxdg          != null;
 assert enableWeb         -> pythonPackages.flask          != null;
 
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
     ++ optional enableEchonest   pythonPackages.pyechonest
     ++ optional enableLastfm     pythonPackages.pylast
     ++ optional enableMpd        pythonPackages.mpd
-    ++ optional enableReplaygain pythonPackages.audiotools
     ++ optional enableThumbnails pythonPackages.pyxdg
     ++ optional enableWeb        pythonPackages.flask;
 
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   patches = [
-    ./replaygain-default-audiotools.patch
+    ./replaygain-default-bs1770gain.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -119,6 +118,12 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
       s,"flac","${flac}/bin/flac",
       s,"mp3val","${mp3val}/bin/mp3val",
     }' beetsplug/badfiles.py
+  '' + optionalString enableReplaygain ''
+    sed -i -re '
+      s!^( *cmd *= *b?['\'''"])(bs1770gain['\'''"])!\1${bs1770gain}/bin/\2!
+    ' beetsplug/replaygain.py
+    sed -i -e 's/if has_program.*bs1770gain.*:/if True:/' \
+      test/test_replaygain.py
   '';
 
   doCheck = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/replaygain-default-audiotools.patch b/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/replaygain-default-bs1770gain.patch
similarity index 93%
rename from pkgs/tools/audio/beets/replaygain-default-audiotools.patch
rename to pkgs/tools/audio/beets/replaygain-default-bs1770gain.patch
index d852ea6feca..538f9e93303 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/replaygain-default-audiotools.patch
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/beets/replaygain-default-bs1770gain.patch
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ index 40b3a3a..9b54a5a 100644
              'overwrite': False,
              'auto': True,
 -            'backend': u'command',
-+            'backend': u'audiotools',
++            'backend': u'bs1770gain',
              'targetlevel': 89,
          })