diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/symmetrica/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/symmetrica/default.nix
index 6123fd7306d..a641993b393 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/symmetrica/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/symmetrica/default.nix
@@ -5,20 +5,15 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "symmetrica-${version}";
   version = "2.0";
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.algorithm.uni-bayreuth.de/en/research/SYMMETRICA/SYM2_0_tar.gz";
     sha256 = "1qhfrbd5ybb0sinl9pad64rscr08qvlfzrzmi4p4hk61xn6phlmz";
     name = "symmetrica-2.0.tar.gz";
   };
+
   sourceRoot = ".";
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p "$out"/{lib,share/doc/symmetrica,include/symmetrica}
-    ar crs libsymmetrica.a *.o
-    ranlib libsymmetrica.a
-    cp libsymmetrica.a "$out/lib"
-    cp *.h "$out/include/symmetrica"
-    cp README *.doc "$out/share/doc/symmetrica"
-  '';
+
   patches = [
       # don't show banner ("SYMMETRICA VERSION X - STARTING)
       # it doesn't contain very much helpful information and a banner is not ideal for a library
@@ -34,13 +29,34 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         url = "https://git.sagemath.org/sage.git/plain/build/pkgs/symmetrica/patches/int32.patch?id=07d6c37d18811e2b377a9689790a7c5e24da16ba";
         sha256 = "0p33c85ck4kd453z687ni4bdcqr1pqx2756j7aq11bf63vjz4cyz";
       })
+
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://git.sagemath.org/sage.git/plain/build/pkgs/symmetrica/patches/return_values.patch?id=1615f58890e8f9881c4228c78a6b39b9aab1303a";
+        sha256 = "0dmczkicwl50sivc07w3wm3jpfk78wm576dr25999jdj2ipsb7nk";
+      })
   ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace makefile --replace gcc cc
+  '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out"/{lib,share/doc/symmetrica,include/symmetrica}
+    ar crs libsymmetrica.a *.o
+    ranlib libsymmetrica.a
+    cp libsymmetrica.a "$out/lib"
+    cp *.h "$out/include/symmetrica"
+    cp README *.doc "$out/share/doc/symmetrica"
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     inherit version;
     description = ''A collection of routines for representation theory and combinatorics'';
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.publicDomain;
     maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
     homepage = http://www.symmetrica.de/;
   };
 }