diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/sonic-visualiser/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/sonic-visualiser/default.nix
index 3a2beff0413..aabddef8eac 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/sonic-visualiser/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/sonic-visualiser/default.nix
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@
 
 { stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, bzip2, fftw, jackaudio, libX11, liblo,
 libmad, libogg, librdf, librdf_raptor, librdf_rasqal, libsamplerate,
-libsndfile, makeWrapper, pulseaudio, qt4, redland, rubberband, vampSDK
+libsndfile, makeWrapper, pkgconfig, pulseaudio, qt4, redland, rubberband, vampSDK
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "sonic-visualiser-1.8";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "sonic-visualiser-${version}";
+  version = "1.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sv1/sonic-visualiser-1.8.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "16ik6q9n92wljvnqcv7hyzb9v3yp3ixxp6df9kasf53fii973dh7";
+    url = "http://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/download/194/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "00igf7j6s8xfyxnlkbqma0yby9pknxqzy8cmh0aw95ix80cw56fq";
   };
 
   buildInputs =
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       libsamplerate vampSDK alsaLib librdf_raptor librdf_rasqal redland
       # optional
       jackaudio
+      pkgconfig
       # portaudio
       pulseaudio
       libmad