diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix
index 39774a76334c..398bb7d84880 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 , opusSupport ? true, opusfile ? null
 
 # can't make these work, something is broken
-#, aacSupport ? true, faac ? null
 #, mp4Support ? true, mp4v2 ? null
+, aacSupport ? true, faad2 ? null
 
 # not in nixpkgs
 #, vtxSupport ? true, libayemu ? null
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ let
     (mkFlag opusSupport   "CONFIG_OPUS=y"    opusfile)
 
     #(mkFlag mp4Support    "CONFIG_MP4=y"     mp4v2)
-    #(mkFlag aacSupport    "CONFIG_AAC=y"     faac)
+    (mkFlag aacSupport    "CONFIG_AAC=y"     faad2)
 
     #(mkFlag vtxSupport    "CONFIG_VTX=y"     libayemu)
   ];