diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/houdini/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/houdini/default.nix
index 9c560b7f8313..131cd28764ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/houdini/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/houdini/default.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,59 @@
 buildFHSEnv rec {
   name = "houdini-${unwrapped.version}";
 
+  # houdini spawns hserver (and other license tools) that is supposed to live beyond the lifespan of houdini process
+  dieWithParent = false;
+
+  # houdini needs to communicate with hserver process that it seem to be checking to be present in running processes
+  unsharePid = false;
+
   targetPkgs = pkgs: with pkgs; [
-    libGLU libGL alsa-lib fontconfig zlib libpng dbus nss nspr expat pciutils
-    libxkbcommon libudev0-shim tbb
+    libGLU
+    libGL
+    alsa-lib
+    fontconfig
+    zlib
+    libpng
+    dbus
+    nss
+    nspr
+    expat
+    pciutils
+    libxkbcommon
+    libudev0-shim
+    tbb
+    xwayland
+    qt5.qtwayland
+    nettools  # needed by licensing tools
+    bintools  # needed for ld and other tools, so ctypes can find/load sos from python
+    ocl-icd  # needed for opencl
+    numactl  # needed by hfs ocl backend
+    ncurses5  # needed by hfs ocl backend
   ] ++ (with xorg; [
-    libICE libSM libXmu libXi libXext libX11 libXrender libXcursor libXfixes
-    libXrender libXcomposite libXdamage libXtst libxcb libXScrnSaver
+    libICE
+    libSM
+    libXmu
+    libXi
+    libXt
+    libXext
+    libX11
+    libXrender
+    libXcursor
+    libXfixes
+    libXrender
+    libXcomposite
+    libXdamage
+    libXtst
+    libxcb
+    libXScrnSaver
+    libXrandr
+    libxcb
+    xcbutil
+    xcbutilimage
+    xcbutilrenderutil
+    xcbutilcursor
+    xcbutilkeysyms
+    xcbutilwm
   ]);
 
   passthru = {
@@ -16,7 +63,16 @@ buildFHSEnv rec {
   };
 
   extraInstallCommands = let
-    executables = [ "bin/houdini" "bin/hkey" "houdini/sbin/sesinetd" ];
+    executables = [
+      "bin/houdini"  # houdini flavours
+      "bin/houdinicore"
+      "bin/houdinifx"
+      "bin/hgpuinfo"  # houdini ocl config tool
+      "bin/hotl"  # hda/otl manipulation tool
+      "bin/hython"  # hython
+      "bin/hkey"  # license administration
+      "houdini/sbin/sesinetd"
+    ];
   in ''
     WRAPPER=$out/bin/${name}
     EXECUTABLES="${lib.concatStringsSep " " executables}"
@@ -31,6 +87,11 @@ buildFHSEnv rec {
     chmod +x $EXECUTABLES
   '';
 
+  extraBwrapArgs = [
+    "--ro-bind-try /run/opengl-driver/etc/OpenCL/vendors /etc/OpenCL/vendors"  # this is the case of NixOS
+    "--ro-bind-try /etc/OpenCL/vendors /etc/OpenCL/vendors"  # this is the case of not NixOS
+  ];
+
   runScript = writeScript "${name}-wrapper" ''
     exec $@
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/houdini/runtime.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/houdini/runtime.nix
index 4fb2d91b99f4..2f218781abb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/houdini/runtime.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/houdini/runtime.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ let
   license_dir = "~/.config/houdini";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "18.5.596";
+  version = "19.5.569";
   pname = "houdini-runtime";
   src = requireFile rec {
-    name = "houdini-py3-${version}-linux_x86_64_gcc6.3.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1b1k7rkn7svmciijqdwvi9p00srsf81vkb55grjg6xa7fgyidjx1";
+    name = "houdini-${version}-linux_x86_64_gcc9.3.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0c2d6a31c24f5e7229498af6c3a7cdf81242501d7a0792e4c33b53a898d4999e";
     url = meta.homepage;
   };
 
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
                       --no-install-bin-symlink \
                       --auto-install \
                       --no-root-check \
-                      --accept-EULA 2020-05-05 \
+                      --accept-EULA 2021-10-13 \
                       $out
-    echo "licensingMode = localValidator" >> $out/houdini/Licensing.opt
+    echo "licensingMode = localValidator" >> $out/houdini/Licensing.opt  # does not seem to do anything any more. not sure, official docs do not say anything about it
   '';
 
   dontFixup = true;