diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/citra/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/citra/default.nix
index 5efe27770b60..c1d4724cee9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/citra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/citra/default.nix
@@ -1,27 +1,76 @@
-{ mkDerivation, lib, fetchgit, cmake, SDL2, qtbase, qtmultimedia, boost
-, wrapQtAppsHook }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, wrapQtAppsHook
+, SDL2
+, qtbase
+, qtmultimedia
+, boost17x
+, libpulseaudio
+, pkg-config
+, libusb1
+, zstd
+, libressl
+, alsa-lib
+, rapidjson
+, aacHleDecoding ? true
+, fdk_aac
+, ffmpeg-full
+}:
 
-mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "citra";
   version = "2021-11-01";
 
-  # Submodules
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://github.com/citra-emu/citra";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "citra-emu";
+    repo = "citra";
     rev = "5a7d80172dd115ad9bc6e8e85cee6ed9511c48d0";
     sha256 = "sha256-vy2JMizBsnRK9NBEZ1dxT7fP/HFhOZSsC+5P+Dzi27s=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake wrapQtAppsHook ];
-  buildInputs = [ SDL2 qtbase qtmultimedia boost ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake wrapQtAppsHook pkg-config ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    SDL2
+    qtbase
+    qtmultimedia
+    libpulseaudio
+    boost17x
+    libusb1
+    alsa-lib
+    rapidjson # for discord-rpc
+  ] ++ lib.optional aacHleDecoding [ fdk_aac ffmpeg-full ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DUSE_SYSTEM_BOOST=ON"
+    "-DUSE_DISCORD_PRESENCE=ON"
+  ] ++ lib.optionals aacHleDecoding [
+    "-DENABLE_FFMPEG_AUDIO_DECODER=ON"
+    "-DCITRA_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG=OFF"
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # we already know the submodules are present
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace "check_submodules_present()" ""
 
-  preConfigure = ''
     # Trick configure system.
     sed -n 's,^ *path = \(.*\),\1,p' .gitmodules | while read path; do
-      mkdir "$path/.git"
+    mkdir "$path/.git"
     done
+
+    rm -rf externals/zstd externals/libressl
+    cp -r ${zstd.src} externals/zstd
+    tar xf ${libressl.src} -C externals/
+    mv externals/${libressl.name} externals/libressl
+    chmod -R a+w externals/zstd
   '';
 
+  # Todo: cubeb audio backend (the default one) doesn't work on the SDL interface.
+  # Note that the two interfaces have two separate configuration files.
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://citra-emu.org";
     description = "An open-source emulator for the Nintendo 3DS";