diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/audiotools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/audiotools/default.nix
index b714062be313..ea89adb37e19 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/audiotools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/audiotools/default.nix
@@ -7,26 +7,61 @@
   AudioToolbox,
   AudioUnit,
   CoreServices,
+  pkg-config,
+  libmpg123,
+  lame,
+  twolame,
+  libopus,
+  opusfile,
+  libvorbis,
+  libcdio,
+  libcdio-paranoia,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage {
   pname = "audiotools";
-  version = "3.1.1";
+  version = "3.1.1-unstable-2020-07-29";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
-
-  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-    AudioToolbox
-    AudioUnit
-    CoreServices
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
   ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      libmpg123 # MP2/MP3 decoding
+      lame # MP3 encoding
+      twolame # MP2 encoding
+      opusfile # opus decoding
+      libopus # opus encoding
+      libvorbis # ogg encoding/decoding
+      libcdio # CD reading
+      libcdio-paranoia # CD reading
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+      AudioToolbox
+      AudioUnit
+      CoreServices
+    ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    # need to change probe to yes because mp3lame is not reported in pkg-config
+    substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
+      --replace-fail "mp3lame:           probe" "mp3lame:           yes"
+  '';
+
+  # the python code contains #variant formats, PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN must be defined
+  # before including Python.h for 3.10 or newer
+  # the last released version does not contain the required fix for python 3.10
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "tuffy";
     repo = "python-audio-tools";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-y+EiK9BktyTWowOiJvOb2YjtbPa7R62Wb5zinkyt1OM=";
+    rev = "de55488dc982e3f6375cde2d0c2ea6aad1b1c31c";
+    hash = "sha256-iRakeV4Sg4oU0JtiA0O3jnmLJt99d89Hg6v9onUaSnw=";
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {