diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/sayonara/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/sayonara/default.nix
index 7776fa0c166e..c4258174500f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/sayonara/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/sayonara/default.nix
@@ -1,46 +1,82 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, qt5, zlib, taglib, pkgconfig, pcre, gst_all_1 }:
+{ mkDerivation
+, cmake
+, fetchgit
+, gst_all_1
+, lib
+, libpulseaudio
+, ninja
+, pcre
+, pkgconfig
+, qtbase
+, qttools
+, taglib
+, zlib
+}:
 
-let
-  version = "1.1.1-git1-20180828";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "sayonara-player";
-  inherit version;
+  version = "1.5.1-stable5";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://sayonara-player.com/sw/sayonara-player-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0rvy47qvavrp03zjdrw025dmq9fq5aaii3q1qq8b94byarl0c5kn";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git.sayonara-player.com/sayonara.git";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "13l7r3gaszrkyf4z8rdijfzxvcnilax4ki2mcm30wqk8d4g4qdzj";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = with qt5; with gst_all_1;
-      [ gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-ugly
-        pcre qtbase qttools taglib zlib
-      ];
-
-  # CMake Error at src/GUI/Resources/Icons/cmake_install.cmake:49 (file):
-  #   file cannot create directory: /usr/share/icons.  Maybe need administrative
-  #   privileges.
-  # Call Stack (most recent call first):
-  #   src/GUI/Resources/cmake_install.cmake:50 (include)
-  #   src/GUI/cmake_install.cmake:50 (include)
-  #   src/cmake_install.cmake:59 (include)
-  #   cmake_install.cmake:42 (include)
+  # all this can go with version 1.5.2
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace src/GUI/Resources/Icons/CMakeLists.txt \
-      --replace "/usr/share" "$out/share"
+    # if we don't delete this, sayonara will look here instead of the provided taglib
+    rm -r src/3rdParty/taglib
+
+    for f in \
+      src/DBus/DBusNotifications.cpp \
+      src/Gui/Resources/Icons/CMakeLists.txt \
+      src/Utils/Utils.cpp \
+      test/Util/FileHelperTest.cpp \
+      ; do
+
+      substituteInPlace $f --replace /usr $out
+    done
+
+    substituteInPlace src/Components/Shutdown/Shutdown.cpp \
+      --replace /usr/bin/systemctl systemctl
   '';
 
-  # [ 65%] Building CXX object src/Components/Engine/CMakeFiles/say_comp_engine.dir/AbstractPipeline.cpp.o
-  # /tmp/nix-build-sayonara-player-1.0.0-git5-20180115.drv-0/sayonara-player/src/Components/Engine/AbstractPipeline.cpp:28:32: fatal error: gst/app/gstappsink.h: No such file or directory
-  #  #include <gst/app/gstappsink.h>
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja pkgconfig qttools ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libpulseaudio
+    pcre
+    qtbase
+    taglib
+    zlib
+  ]
+  ++ (with gst_all_1; [
+    gstreamer
+    gst-plugins-base
+    gst-plugins-good
+    gst-plugins-bad
+    gst-plugins-ugly
+  ]);
+
+  # we carry the patched taglib 1.11.1 that doesn't break ogg but sayonara just
+  # checks for the version
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DWITH_SYSTEM_TAGLIB=ON"
+  ];
+
+  # gstreamer cannot otherwise be found
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base.dev}/include/gstreamer-1.0";
 
-  meta = with stdenv.lib;
-    { description = "Sayonara music player";
-      homepage = https://sayonara-player.com/;
-      license = licenses.gpl3;
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
-      maintainers = [ maintainers.deepfire ];
-    };
+  postInstall = ''
+    qtWrapperArgs+=(--prefix GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0 : "$GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0")
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Sayonara music player";
+    homepage = "https://sayonara-player.com/";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ deepfire ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 04b813c61a44..b4242749ed6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20384,7 +20384,7 @@ in
 
   sakura = callPackage ../applications/misc/sakura { };
 
-  sayonara = callPackage ../applications/audio/sayonara { };
+  sayonara = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/audio/sayonara { };
 
   sbagen = callPackage ../applications/misc/sbagen { };