diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/bitcoin/altcoins.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/bitcoin/altcoins.nix
index 796cedc1ee2c..2643094e2f16 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/bitcoin/altcoins.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/bitcoin/altcoins.nix
@@ -80,51 +80,4 @@ in rec {
     };
   };
 
-  dogecoin = (buildAltcoin rec {
-    walletName = "dogecoin";
-    version = "1.8.0";
-
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "8a33958c04213cd621aa3c86910477813af22512f03b47c98995d20d31f3f935";
-    };
-
-    extraBuildInputs = [ autogen autoconf automake pkgconfig db utillinux protobuf ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Wow, such coin, much shiba, very rich";
-      longDescription = "wow";
-      homepage = http://www.dogecoin.com/;
-      maintainers = [ maintainers.offline maintainers.edwtjo ];
-    };
-  }).override rec {
-    patchPhase = ''
-      sed -i \
-        -e 's,BDB_CPPFLAGS=$,BDB_CPPFLAGS="-I${db}/include",g' \
-        -e 's,BDB_LIBS=$,BDB_LIBS="-L${db}/lib",g' \
-        -e 's,bdbdirlist=$,bdbdirlist="${db}/include",g' \
-        src/m4/dogecoin_find_bdb51.m4
-    '';
-    dogeConfigure = ''
-      ./autogen.sh \
-      && ./configure --prefix=$out \
-                     --with-incompatible-bdb \
-                     --with-boost-libdir=${boost}/lib \
-    '';
-    dogeInstall = ''
-      install -D "src/dogecoin-cli" "$out/bin/dogecoin-cli"
-      install -D "src/dogecoind" "$out/bin/dogecoind"
-    '';
-    configurePhase = dogeConfigure + "--with-gui";
-    installPhase = dogeInstall + "install -D src/qt/dogecoin-qt $out/bin/dogecoin-qt";
-  };
-
-  dogecoind = dogecoin.override rec {
-    gui = false;
-    makefile = "Makefile";
-    preBuild = "";
-    configurePhase = dogecoin.dogeConfigure + "--without-gui";
-    installPhase = dogecoin.dogeInstall;
-  };
-
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/bitcoin/dogecoin.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/bitcoin/dogecoin.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7ace3c161c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/bitcoin/dogecoin.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig
+, openssl, boost, zlib, miniupnpc, qt4, qrencode, glib, protobuf
+, utillinux, autogen, autoconf, autobuild, automake, db }:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+let
+
+  mkAutotoolCoin =
+  { name, version, withGui, src, meta }:
+
+  stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    inherit src meta;
+
+    name = name + (toString (optional (!withGui) "d")) + "-" + version;
+
+    buildInputs = [ autogen autoconf automake pkgconfig openssl
+                    boost zlib miniupnpc db utillinux protobuf ]
+                  ++ optionals withGui [ qt4 qrencode ];
+
+    patchPhase = ''
+      sed -i \
+        -e 's,BDB_CPPFLAGS=$,BDB_CPPFLAGS="-I${db}/include",g' \
+        -e 's,BDB_LIBS=$,BDB_LIBS="-L${db}/lib",g' \
+        -e 's,bdbdirlist=$,bdbdirlist="${db}/include",g' \
+        src/m4/dogecoin_find_bdb51.m4
+    '';
+
+    configurePhase = ''
+      ./autogen.sh \
+      && ./configure --prefix=$out \
+                     --with-incompatible-bdb \
+                     --with-boost-libdir=${boost}/lib \
+                     ${ if withGui then "--with-gui" else "" }
+    '';
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      install -D "src/dogecoin-cli" "$out/bin/dogecoin-cli"
+      install -D "src/dogecoind" "$out/bin/dogecoind"
+      ${ if withGui then "install -D src/qt/dogecoin-qt $out/bin/dogecoin-qt" else "" }
+    '';
+
+  };
+
+  mkDogeCoin = { withGui }:
+
+  mkAutotoolCoin rec {
+    name = "dogecoin";
+    version = "1.8.0";
+    inherit withGui;
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "8a33958c04213cd621aa3c86910477813af22512f03b47c98995d20d31f3f935";
+    };
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "Wow, such coin, much shiba, very rich";
+      longDescription = "wow";
+      homepage = http://www.dogecoin.com/;
+      license = licenses.mit;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ edwtjo offline ];
+    };
+  };
+
+in {
+
+  dogecoin = mkDogeCoin { withGui = true; };
+  dogecoind = mkDogeCoin { withGui = false; };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2fe8bdc05f9d..b6f9ec2d6761 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8356,7 +8356,8 @@ let
   bitcoind = callPackage ../applications/misc/bitcoin { gui = false; };
 
   altcoins = recurseIntoAttrs (
-    callPackage ../applications/misc/bitcoin/altcoins.nix {}
+    (callPackage ../applications/misc/bitcoin/altcoins.nix {}) //
+    (callPackage ../applications/misc/bitcoin/dogecoin.nix {})
   );
 
   bitlbee = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/bitlbee {