diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix
index e500ff736d4c..0a8bb95173f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix
@@ -6,33 +6,46 @@ args : with args;
 		sha256 = "0zqgfnkvkqxby1k74mwba1r4pb520glcsz5jjmpzm9m41nqnghmm";
 	};
 
-		buildInputs = [gtk glib pkgconfig libXpm gmp gettext libX11]
+		buildInputs = [gtk glib pkgconfig libXpm gmp gettext libX11 fftw]
 			++ (lib.optional (args ? ruby) args.ruby)
 			++ (lib.optional (args ? mesa) args.mesa)
 			++ (lib.optional (args ? guile) args.guile)
 			++ (lib.optional (args ? libtool) args.libtool)
 			++ (lib.optional (args ? sndlib) args.sndlib)
+			++ (lib.optional (args ? alsaLib) args.alsaLib)
+			++ (lib.optional (args ? jackaudio) args.jackaudio)
 			;
 		configureFlags = ["--with-gtk" "--with-xpm"]
 			++ (lib.optional (args ? ruby)   "--with-ruby" )
 			++ (lib.optional (args ? mesa)   "--with-gl"   )
 			++ (lib.optional (args ? guile)  "--with-guile")
 			++ (lib.optional (args ? sndlib) "--with-midi" )
+			++ (lib.optional (args ? alsaLib)  "--with-alsa")
+			++ (lib.optional (args ? jackaudio) "--with-jack" )
+                        ++ [ "--with-fftw" "--htmldir=$out/share/snd/html" "--with-doc-dir=$out/share/snd/html" ]
 			;
 	} null; /* null is a terminator for sumArgs */
 	in with localDefs;
-	let preBuild = FullDepEntry ("
+	let makeDocsWork = FullDepEntry ''
+                # hackish way to make html docs work
+                h="$out/share/snd/html"; ensureDir "$h"; cp *.html "$h"
+                patch -p1 < ${./doc.patch}
+                sed "s@HTML-DIR@$h@" -i index.scm snd-help.c
+            '' [defEnsureDir];
+
+            preBuild = FullDepEntry (''
 		cp config.log /tmp/snd-config.log
-		export NIX_LDFLAGS=\"$NIX_LDFLAGS -L${libX11}/lib -lX11 \"
-	") [minInit doUnpack];
+		export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -L${libX11}/lib -lX11"
+                
+            '') [minInit doUnpack makeDocsWork];
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 	name = "Snd-9.4";
 	builder = writeScript (name + "-builder")
-		(textClosure localDefs [doConfigure preBuild doMakeInstall doForceShare]);
+		(textClosure localDefs [doConfigure preBuild makeDocsWork doMakeInstall doForceShare  ]);
 	meta = {
 		description = "Snd sound editor.";
-    homepage = http://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/snd;
+                homepage = http://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/snd;
 		inherit src;
 	};
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/doc.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/doc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4c40151e9881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/doc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+diff --git a/index.scm b/index.scm
+index 2148a58..713939c 100644
+--- a/index.scm
++++ b/index.scm
+@@ -18,24 +18,7 @@ and if one is found, and the Snd documentation can be found, calls (html-program
+ 	    (lambda (n)
+ 	      ;; look for doc on current dir, then html dir, then global dir
+ 	      ;; snd.html is what we'll search for
+-	      (let ((dir (if (file-exists? "snd.html") 
+-			     (getcwd)
+-			     (if (and (string? (html-dir))
+-				      (file-exists? (string-append (html-dir) "/snd.html")))
+-				 (html-dir)
+-				 (if (file-exists? "/usr/share/doc/snd-9/snd.html")
+-				     "/usr/share/doc/snd-9"
+-				     (if (file-exists? "/usr/local/share/doc/snd-9/snd.html")
+-					 "/usr/local/share/doc/snd-9"
+-					 (if (file-exists? "/usr/doc/snd-9/snd.html")
+-					     "/usr/doc/snd-9"
+-					     (if (file-exists? "/usr/share/doc/snd-8/snd.html")
+-						 "/usr/share/doc/snd-8"
+-						 (if (file-exists? "/usr/local/share/doc/snd-8/snd.html")
+-						     "/usr/local/share/doc/snd-8"
+-						     (if (file-exists? "/usr/doc/snd-8/snd.html")
+-							 "/usr/doc/snd-8"
+-							 #f))))))))))
++	      (let (dir "HTML-DIR")
+ 		(if dir
+ 		    (if (or (string=? (html-program) "netscape")
+ 			    (string=? (html-program) "mozilla")
+diff --git a/snd-help.c b/snd-help.c
+index a6557e0..a40a02e 100644
+--- a/snd-help.c
++++ b/snd-help.c
+@@ -3554,26 +3554,7 @@ static char *doc_files[DOC_DIRECTORIES] = {
+   
+ static char *html_directory(void)
+ {
+-  int i;
+-  if (mus_file_probe("snd.html"))
+-    return(mus_getcwd());
+-  if (html_dir(ss))
+-    {
+-      bool happy;
+-      char *hd = NULL;
+-      hd = (char *)CALLOC(snd_strlen(html_dir(ss)) + 16, sizeof(char));
+-      sprintf(hd, html_dir(ss), "/snd.html");
+-      happy = mus_file_probe(hd);
+-      FREE(hd);
+-      if (happy) return(copy_string(html_dir(ss)));
+-    }
+-#ifdef MUS_DEFAULT_DOC_DIR
+-  if (mus_file_probe(MUS_DEFAULT_DOC_DIR "/snd.html"))
+-    return(copy_string(MUS_DEFAULT_DOC_DIR "/snd.html"));
+-#endif
+-  for (i = 0; i < DOC_DIRECTORIES; i++)
+-    if (mus_file_probe(doc_files[i])) return(copy_string(doc_directories[i]));
+-  return(NULL);
++  return (copy_string ("HTML-DIR"));
+ }
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4bd4dfb7f8f0..f4d4e652570b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6593,14 +6593,14 @@ let pkgs = rec {
   };
 
   sndBase =  composedArgsAndFun (import ../applications/audio/snd) {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv builderDefs stringsWithDeps lib;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv builderDefs stringsWithDeps lib fftw;
     inherit pkgconfig gmp gettext;
     inherit (xlibs) libXpm libX11;
     inherit (gtkLibs) gtk glib;
   };
 
   snd = sndBase.meta.function {
-    inherit guile mesa libtool;
+    inherit guile mesa libtool jackaudio alsaLib;
   };
 
   sox = import ../applications/misc/audio/sox {