diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/quartus-prime/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/quartus-prime/default.nix
index 5a790e78090d..d8e57fdb508f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/quartus-prime/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/quartus-prime/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ in buildFHSUserEnv rec {
     # qsys requirements
     xorg.libXtst
     xorg.libXi
-    libudev0-shim
   ];
   multiPkgs = pkgs: with pkgs; let
     # This seems ugly - can we override `libpng = libpng12` for all `pkgs`?
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ in buildFHSUserEnv rec {
     xorg.libX11
     xorg.libXext
     xorg.libXrender
+    libudev0-shim
   ];
 
   passthru = { inherit unwrapped; };
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ in buildFHSUserEnv rec {
     EXECUTABLES="${lib.concatStringsSep " " (quartusExecutables ++ qsysExecutables ++ modelsimExecutables)}"
     for executable in $EXECUTABLES; do
         echo "#!${stdenv.shell}" >> $out/$executable
-        echo "$WRAPPER ${unwrapped}/$executable \$@" >> $out/$executable
+        echo "$WRAPPER ${unwrapped}/$executable \"\$@\"" >> $out/$executable
     done
 
     cd $out
@@ -80,7 +80,12 @@ in buildFHSUserEnv rec {
     ln --symbolic --relative --target-directory ./bin $EXECUTABLES
   '';
 
+  # LD_PRELOAD fixes issues in the licensing system that cause memory corruption and crashes when
+  # starting most operations in many containerized environments, including WSL2, Docker, and LXC
+  # (a similiar fix involving LD_PRELOADing tcmalloc did not solve the issue in my situation)
+  # we use the name so that quartus can load the 64 bit verson and modelsim can load the 32 bit version
+  # https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-FPGA-Software-Installation/Running-Quartus-Prime-Standard-on-WSL-crashes-in-libudev-so/m-p/1189032
   runScript = writeScript "${name}-wrapper" ''
-    exec $@
+    exec env LD_PRELOAD=libudev.so.0 "$@"
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/quartus-prime/quartus.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/quartus-prime/quartus.nix
index 4b5669860238..134a7807e0b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/quartus-prime/quartus.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/quartus-prime/quartus.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, unstick, requireFile
+{ stdenv, lib, unstick, fetchurl
 , supportedDevices ? [ "Arria II" "Cyclone V" "Cyclone IV" "Cyclone 10 LP" "MAX II/V" "MAX 10 FPGA" ]
 }:
 
@@ -34,18 +34,18 @@ let
   };
 
   version = "20.1.1.720";
-  homepage = "https://fpgasoftware.intel.com";
 
-  require = {name, sha256}: requireFile {
+  download = {name, sha256}: fetchurl {
     inherit name sha256;
-    url = "${homepage}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/?edition=lite&platform=linux";
+    # e.g. "20.1.1.720" -> "20.1std.1/720"
+    url = "https://downloads.intel.com/akdlm/software/acdsinst/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}std.${lib.versions.patch version}/${lib.elemAt (lib.splitVersion version) 3}/ib_installers/${name}";
   };
 
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   inherit version;
   pname = "quartus-prime-lite-unwrapped";
 
-  src = map require ([{
+  src = map download ([{
     name = "QuartusLiteSetup-${version}-linux.run";
     sha256 = "0mjp1rg312dipr7q95pb4nf4b8fwvxgflnd1vafi3g9cshbb1c3k";
   } {
@@ -87,12 +87,11 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    inherit homepage;
+    homepage = "https://fpgasoftware.intel.com";
     description = "FPGA design and simulation software";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
     license = licenses.unfree;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    hydraPlatforms = [ ]; # requireFile srcs cannot be fetched by hydra, ignore
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kwohlfahrt ];
   };
 }