diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/cdrtools-2.01-install.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/cdrtools-2.01-install.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a8d93d369980..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/cdrtools-2.01-install.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruN cdrtools-2.01/DEFAULTS/Defaults.linux cdrtools-2.01.new/DEFAULTS/Defaults.linux
---- cdrtools-2.01/DEFAULTS/Defaults.linux	2003-02-16 01:01:48.000000000 +0100
-+++ cdrtools-2.01.new/DEFAULTS/Defaults.linux	2005-08-30 21:13:55.000000000 +0200
-@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
- # Installation config stuff
- #
- ###########################################################################
--INS_BASE=	/opt/schily
-+#INS_BASE=	/opt/schily
-+INS_BASE=	$(out)
- INS_KBASE=	/
- #
- DEFUMASK=	002
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/default.nix
index 14ab69ebd2f1..b83857b6045e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,30 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, acl, libcap }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "cdrtools-3.00";
-
-  configurePhase = "true";
+  name = "cdrtools-3.02a03";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/cdrtools/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0ga2fdwn3898jas5mabb6cc2al9acqb2yyzph2w76m85414bd73z";
+    sha256 = "02gjxib0sgzsdicnb7496x0a175w1sb34v8zc9mdi8cfw7skw996";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./cdrtools-2.01-install.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./fix-paths.patch ];
 
-  meta = {
+  buildInputs = [ acl libcap ];
+
+  configurePhase = "true";
+
+  GMAKE_NOWARN = true;
+
+  makeFlags = [ "INS_BASE=/" "INS_RBASE=/" "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdrtools/;
     description = "Highly portable CD/DVD/BluRay command line recording software";
     # Licensing issues: This package contains code licensed under CDDL, GPL2
     # and LGPL2. There is debate regarding the legality of this licensing.
     # Marked as unfree to avoid any possible legal issues.
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfree;
+    license = licenses.unfree;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/fix-paths.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/fix-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f4a541210880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/fix-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+diff -ru3 cdrtools-3.01-old/DEFAULTS/Defaults.linux cdrtools-3.01/DEFAULTS/Defaults.linux
+--- cdrtools-3.01-old/DEFAULTS/Defaults.linux	2015-12-11 17:37:21.505848835 +0300
++++ cdrtools-3.01/DEFAULTS/Defaults.linux	2015-12-11 17:37:32.155828925 +0300
+@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
+ # Installation config stuff
+ #
+ ###########################################################################
+-INS_BASE=	/opt/schily
++#INS_BASE=	/opt/schily
++INS_BASE=	$(out)
+ INS_KBASE=	/
+ INS_RBASE=	/
+ #
+Only in cdrtools-3.01/DEFAULTS: Defaults.linux.orig
+diff -ru3 cdrtools-3.01-old/RULES/rules.prg cdrtools-3.01/RULES/rules.prg
+--- cdrtools-3.01-old/RULES/rules.prg	2015-12-11 17:37:21.500848844 +0300
++++ cdrtools-3.01/RULES/rules.prg	2015-12-11 17:38:29.890720987 +0300
+@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
+ #
+ #SHELL=		/bin/sh
+ 
+-LN=		/bin/ln
+-SYMLINK=	/bin/ln -s
+-RM=		/bin/rm
+-MV=		/bin/mv
++LN=		ln
++SYMLINK=	ln -s
++RM=		rm
++MV=		mv
+ LORDER=		lorder
+ TSORT=		tsort
+ CTAGS=		vctags