diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpc/default.nix
index 94fa50a88836..b5f84f536d0b 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpc/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, ncurses, mpd_clientlib, libintlOrEmpty }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.23";
+  version = "0.24";
   name = "ncmpc-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.musicpd.org/download/ncmpc/0/ncmpc-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "d7b30cefaf5c74a5d8ab18ab8275e0102ae12e8ee6d6f8144f8e4cc9a97b5de4";
+    sha256 = "1sf3nirs3mcx0r5i7acm9bsvzqzlh730m0yjg6jcyj8ln6r7cvqf";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glib ncurses mpd_clientlib ]
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-lintl";
 
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--enable-colors"
+    "--enable-lyrics-screen"
+  ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Curses-based interface for MPD (music player daemon)";
     homepage    = http://www.musicpd.org/clients/ncmpc/;