diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/default.nix
index d5cdffbed952..67848cdc804b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, cmake, qt4 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, cmake, mesa, makeWrapper, qt4 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
   name = "pianobooster-${version}";
@@ -9,14 +9,25 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
     sha256 = "1xwyap0288xcl0ihjv52vv4ijsjl0yq67scc509aia4plmlm6l35";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./pianobooster-0.6.4b-cmake.patch
+    ./pianobooster-0.6.4b-cmake-gcc4.7.patch
+  ];
+
   preConfigure = "cd src";
 
-  buildInputs = [ alsaLib cmake qt4 ];
+  buildInputs = [ alsaLib cmake makeWrapper mesa qt4 ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/pianobooster \
+      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${mesa}/lib
+  '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A MIDI file player that teaches you how to play the piano";
     homepage = http://pianobooster.sourceforge.net;
     license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/pianobooster-0.6.4b-cmake-gcc4.7.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/pianobooster-0.6.4b-cmake-gcc4.7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2b1b28c5a849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/pianobooster-0.6.4b-cmake-gcc4.7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- pianobooster-src-0.6.4b/src/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2013-04-06 10:48:02.469532914 -0700
++++ pianobooster-src-0.6.4b/src/CMakeLists.txt	2013-04-06 10:48:12.989532445 -0700
+@@ -203,8 +203,6 @@
+         ${PIANOBOOSTER_UI_HDRS} )
+ ENDIF(WIN32)
+ 
+-SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(pianobooster PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-mwindows")
+-
+ IF (USE_PCH)
+ ADD_PRECOMPILED_HEADER( pianobooster ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/precompile/precompile.h )
+ ENDIF (USE_PCH)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/pianobooster-0.6.4b-cmake.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/pianobooster-0.6.4b-cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8cdd8738e2b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pianobooster/pianobooster-0.6.4b-cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+--- pianobooster-src-0.6.4b/src/CMakeLists.txt.orig
++++ pianobooster-src-0.6.4b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
+ # for the debug build type cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
+ SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
+ SET(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE OFF)
+-SET(USE_FLUIDSYNTH OFF)
+-
+-# The inplace directory is mainly for windows builds
+-# SET(FLUIDSYNTH_INPLACE_DIR C:/download/misc/ljb/fluidsynth-1.0.9)
+-SET(FLUIDSYNTH_INPLACE_DIR /home/louis/build/fluidsynth-1.0.9)
+-
+ 
+ # Testing precompiled headers  it does not work -- leave as OFF.
+ SET(USE_PCH OFF)
+@@ -78,18 +72,7 @@
+     ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DPB_USE_FLUIDSYNTH)
+     MESSAGE("Building using fluidsynth")
+     SET( PB_BASE_SRCS MidiDeviceFluidSynth.cpp )
+-
+-    IF(FLUIDSYNTH_INPLACE_DIR)
+-        INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${FLUIDSYNTH_INPLACE_DIR}/include/)
+-        IF(WIN32)
+-            LINK_LIBRARIES( ${FLUIDSYNTH_INPLACE_DIR}/src/.libs/libfluidsynth.dll.a)
+-        ENDIF(WIN32)
+-        IF(UNIX)
+-            LINK_LIBRARIES(${FLUIDSYNTH_INPLACE_DIR}/src/.libs/libfluidsynth.so)
+-        ENDIF(UNIX)
+-    ELSEIF(FLUIDSYNTH_INPLACE_DIR)
+-        LINK_LIBRARIES( fluidsynth)
+-    ENDIF(FLUIDSYNTH_INPLACE_DIR)
++	LINK_LIBRARIES(fluidsynth)
+ ENDIF(USE_FLUIDSYNTH)
+ 
+ 
+@@ -214,8 +197,6 @@
+ INSTALL(TARGETS pianobooster RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
+ #INSTALL( index.docbook INSTALL_DESTINATION ${HTML_INSTALL_DIR}/en  SUBDIR kmidimon )
+ 
+-INSTALL( FILES ../README.txt  DESTINATION share/doc/pianobooster )
+-
+ INSTALL ( FILES images/pianobooster.png DESTINATION share/pixmaps )
+ 
+