diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/simulide/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/simulide/default.nix
index 1b5b3d572128..c63d8cbc299e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/simulide/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/simulide/default.nix
@@ -9,78 +9,104 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "0.4.15";
-  release = "SR10";
-  branch = "simulide_0.4.14"; # the branch name does not mach the version for some reason
-  rev = "291";
-  sha256 = "sha256-BBoZr/S2pif0Jft5wrem8y00dXl08jq3kFiIUtOr3LM=";
+  generic =
+    { version
+    , release
+    , branch
+    , rev
+    , sha256
+    , extraPostPatch ? ""
+    , extraBuildInputs ? [ ]
+    , iconPath ? "resources/icons/simulide.png"
+    , installFiles ? ''
+        cp -r data examples $out/share/simulide
+        cp simulide $out/bin/simulide
+      ''
+    }:
+    mkDerivation {
+      pname = "simulide";
+      version = "${version}-${release}";
+
+      src = fetchbzr {
+        url = "https://code.launchpad.net/~arcachofo/simulide/${branch}";
+        inherit rev sha256;
+      };
+
+      postPatch = ''
+        sed -i resources/simulide.desktop \
+          -e "s|^Exec=.*$|Exec=simulide|" \
+          -e "s|^Icon=.*$|Icon=simulide|"
+
+        # Note: older versions don't have REV_NO
+        sed -i SimulIDE.pro \
+          -e "s|^VERSION = .*$|VERSION = ${version}|" \
+          -e "s|^RELEASE = .*$|RELEASE = -${release}|" \
+          -e "s|^REV_NO = .*$|REV_NO = ${rev}|" \
+          -e "s|^BUILD_DATE = .*$|BUILD_DATE = ??-??-??|"
+
+        ${extraPostPatch}
+      '';
+
+      preConfigure = ''
+        cd build_XX
+      '';
+
+      nativeBuildInputs = [
+        qmake
+      ];
+
+      buildInputs = [
+        qtserialport
+        qtmultimedia
+        qttools
+      ] ++ extraBuildInputs;
+
+      installPhase = ''
+        runHook preInstall
+
+        install -Dm644 ../resources/simulide.desktop $out/share/applications/simulide.desktop
+        install -Dm644 ../${iconPath} $out/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/simulide.png
+
+        mkdir -p $out/share/simulide $out/bin
+        pushd executables/SimulIDE_*
+        ${installFiles}
+        popd
+
+        runHook postInstall
+      '';
+
+      meta = {
+        description = "A simple real time electronic circuit simulator";
+        longDescription = ''
+          SimulIDE is a simple real time electronic circuit simulator, intended for hobbyist or students
+          to learn and experiment with analog and digital electronic circuits and microcontrollers.
+          It supports PIC, AVR, Arduino and other MCUs and MPUs.
+        '';
+        homepage = "https://simulide.com/";
+        license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
+        mainProgram = "simulide";
+        maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ carloscraveiro tomasajt ];
+        platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+      };
+    };
 in
-mkDerivation {
-  pname = "simulide";
-  version = "${version}-${release}";
-
-  src = fetchbzr {
-    url = "https://code.launchpad.net/~arcachofo/simulide/${branch}";
-    inherit rev sha256;
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # GCC 13 needs this header explicitly included
-    sed -i src/gpsim/value.h -e '1i #include <cstdint>'
-    sed -i src/gpsim/modules/watchdog.h -e '1i #include <cstdint>'
-
-    sed -i resources/simulide.desktop \
-      -e "s|^Exec=.*$|Exec=simulide|" \
-      -e "s|^Icon=.*$|Icon=simulide|"
-    sed -i SimulIDE.pro \
-      -e "s|^VERSION = .*$|VERSION = ${version}|" \
-      -e "s|^RELEASE = .*$|RELEASE = -${release}|" \
-      -e "s|^REV_NO = .*$|REV_NO = ${rev}|" \
-      -e "s|^BUILD_DATE = .*$|BUILD_DATE = ??-??-??|"
-  '';
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    cd build_XX
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    qmake
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    qtserialport
-    qtmultimedia
-    qttools
-    qtscript
-  ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-
-    install -Dm644 ../resources/simulide.desktop $out/share/applications/simulide.desktop
-    install -Dm644 ../resources/icons/hicolor/256x256/simulide.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/simulide.png
-
-    mkdir -p $out/share/simulide $out/bin
-
-    pushd executables/SimulIDE_*
-    cp -r share/simulide/* $out/share/simulide
-    cp bin/simulide $out/bin/simulide
-    popd
-
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A simple real time electronic circuit simulator";
-    longDescription = ''
-      SimulIDE is a simple real time electronic circuit simulator, intended for hobbyist or students
-      to learn and experiment with analog and digital electronic circuits and microcontrollers.
-      It supports PIC, AVR, Arduino and other MCUs and MPUs.
+{
+  simulide_0_4_15 = generic {
+    version = "0.4.15";
+    release = "SR10";
+    branch = "simulide_0.4.14"; # the branch name does not mach the version for some reason
+    rev = "291";
+    sha256 = "sha256-BBoZr/S2pif0Jft5wrem8y00dXl08jq3kFiIUtOr3LM=";
+    extraPostPatch = ''
+      # GCC 13 needs the <cstdint> header explicitly included
+      sed -i src/gpsim/value.h -e '1i #include <cstdint>'
+      sed -i src/gpsim/modules/watchdog.h -e '1i #include <cstdint>'
+    '';
+    extraBuildInputs = [ qtscript ];
+    iconPath = "resources/icons/hicolor/256x256/simulide.png"; # upstream had a messed up icon path in this release
+    installFiles = ''
+      cp -r share/simulide/* $out/share/simulide
+      cp bin/simulide $out/bin/simulide
     '';
-    homepage = "https://simulide.com/";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
-    mainProgram = "simulide";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ carloscraveiro tomasajt ];
-    platforms = ["x86_64-linux"];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2f18b99caaed..eca411681da5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -39673,7 +39673,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   appcsxcad = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/appcsxcad { };
 
-  simulide = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/simulide { };
+  inherit (libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/simulide { })
+    simulide_0_4_15;
+
+  simulide = simulide_0_4_15;
 
   eagle = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/eagle/eagle.nix { };