diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysoundfile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundfile/default.nix
similarity index 63%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/pysoundfile/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/soundfile/default.nix
index aa7d23c5fcb..4ba18618674 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysoundfile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundfile/default.nix
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "PySoundFile";
-  version = "0.9.0.post1";
-  name = pname + "-" + version;
+  pname = "soundfile";
+  version = "0.10.2";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "43dd46a2afc0484c26930a7e59eef9365cee81bce7a4aadc5699f788f60d32c3";
+    pname = "SoundFile";
+    inherit version;
+    sha256 = "0w8mjadairg6av88090kwsridd0k115672b91zlcmf37r0c64zv3";
   };
 
     checkInputs = [ pytest ];
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
     };
 
-    prePatch = ''
-      substituteInPlace soundfile.py --replace "'sndfile'" "'${libsndfile.out}/lib/libsndfile.so'"
+    postPatch = ''
+      substituteInPlace soundfile.py --replace "_find_library('sndfile')" "'${libsndfile.out}/lib/libsndfile${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}'"
     '';
 
     # https://github.com/bastibe/PySoundFile/issues/157
     disabled = isPyPy ||  stdenv.isi686;
+
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a29e76020cb..6f43c49050b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3826,7 +3826,9 @@ in {
 
   pysftp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysftp { };
 
-  pysoundfile = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysoundfile { };
+  soundfile = callPackage ../development/python-modules/soundfile { };
+
+  pysoundfile = self.soundfile;  # Alias added 23-06-2019
 
   python3pika = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python3pika { };