diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cu/cubeb/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cu/cubeb/package.nix
index f736e87e8290..434945d371b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cu/cubeb/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cu/cubeb/package.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
   sndio,
   speexdsp,
   lazyLoad ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin,
+  alsaSupport ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin,
+  pulseSupport ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin,
+  jackSupport ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin,
+  sndioSupport ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin,
+  buildSharedLibs ? true,
 }:
 
 assert lib.assertMsg (
@@ -17,12 +22,11 @@ assert lib.assertMsg (
 ) "cubeb: lazyLoad is inert on Darwin";
 
 let
-  backendLibs = [
-    alsa-lib
-    jack2
-    libpulseaudio
-    sndio
-  ];
+  backendLibs =
+    lib.optional alsaSupport alsa-lib
+    ++ lib.optional jackSupport jack2
+    ++ lib.optional pulseSupport libpulseaudio
+    ++ lib.optional sndioSupport sndio;
 
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ speexdsp ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) backendLibs;
 
   cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+    (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS" buildSharedLibs)
     "-DBUILD_TESTS=OFF" # tests require an audio server
     "-DBUNDLE_SPEEX=OFF"
     "-DUSE_SANITIZERS=OFF"
@@ -58,12 +62,27 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     backendLibs = lib.optionals lazyLoad backendLibs;
   };
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    # TODO: remove after https://github.com/mozilla/cubeb/pull/813 is merged
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/pkgconfig/
+    echo > $out/lib/pkgconfig/libcubeb.pc \
+    "Name: libcubeb
+    Description: Cross platform audio library
+    Version: 0.0.0
+    Requires.private: libpulse
+    Libs: -L"$out/lib" -lcubeb
+    Libs.private: -lstdc++"
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Cross platform audio library";
     mainProgram = "cubeb-test";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mozilla/cubeb";
     license = licenses.isc;
     platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ zhaofengli ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      zhaofengli
+      marcin-serwin
+    ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/ringrtc.nix b/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/ringrtc.nix
index 13be50c38e60..9c2cb97be71c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/ringrtc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/ringrtc.nix
@@ -5,8 +5,19 @@
   cmake,
   protobuf,
   webrtc,
+  pkg-config,
+  cubeb,
+  libpulseaudio,
 }:
-
+let
+  cubeb' = cubeb.override {
+    alsaSupport = false;
+    pulseSupport = true;
+    jackSupport = false;
+    sndioSupport = false;
+    buildSharedLibs = false;
+  };
+in
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "ringrtc";
   version = "2.51.0";
@@ -28,12 +39,20 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   ];
   doCheck = false;
 
+  env = {
+    LIBCUBEB_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG = 1;
+    LIBCUBEB_STATIC = 1;
+  };
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     protobuf
     cmake
+    pkg-config
   ];
   buildInputs = [
     webrtc
+    cubeb'
+    libpulseaudio
   ];
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/webrtc.nix b/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/webrtc.nix
index 4b36523276b4..ee4b81b0a7e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/webrtc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/webrtc.nix
@@ -19,14 +19,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   gclientDeps = gclient2nix.importGclientDeps ./webrtc-sources.json;
   sourceRoot = "src";
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    echo "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" > build/util/LASTCHANGE.committime
-    echo "generate_location_tags = true" >> build/config/gclient_args.gni
-    substituteInPlace build/toolchain/linux/BUILD.gn \
-      --replace-fail 'toolprefix = "aarch64-linux-gnu-"' 'toolprefix = ""'
-    patchShebangs build/mac/should_use_hermetic_xcode.py
-  '';
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     gn
     ninja
@@ -44,6 +36,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pulseaudio
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace build/toolchain/linux/BUILD.gn \
+      --replace-fail 'toolprefix = "aarch64-linux-gnu-"' 'toolprefix = ""'
+    patchShebangs build/mac/should_use_hermetic_xcode.py
+
+    substituteInPlace modules/audio_device/linux/pulseaudiosymboltable_linux.cc \
+      --replace-fail "libpulse.so.0" "${pulseaudio}/lib/libpulse.so.0"
+    substituteInPlace modules/audio_device/linux/alsasymboltable_linux.cc \
+      --replace-fail "libasound.so.2" "${alsa-lib}/lib/libasound.so.2"
+  '';
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    echo "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" > build/util/LASTCHANGE.committime
+    echo "generate_location_tags = true" >> build/config/gclient_args.gni
+  '';
+
   gnFlags = [
     ''target_os="linux"''
     "use_sysroot=false"
@@ -66,7 +74,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ninjaFlags = [ "webrtc" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     install -D obj/libwebrtc${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.staticLibrary} $out/lib/libwebrtc${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.staticLibrary}
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = {