diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cava/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/cava/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ed15a6df8808..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/cava/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, autoreconfHook
-, autoconf-archive
-, alsa-lib
-, fftw
-, iniparser
-, libpulseaudio
-, pipewire
-, ncurses
-, pkgconf
-, SDL2
-, libGL
-, withSDL2 ? false
-, withPipewire ? true
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "cava";
-  version = "0.10.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "karlstav";
-    repo = "cava";
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-y6RslsU/zmr0Ai/rnr73N3OtjuBcWa3JCwh9P5GkNss=";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    alsa-lib
-    fftw
-    libpulseaudio
-    ncurses
-    iniparser
-  ] ++ lib.optionals withSDL2 [
-    SDL2
-    libGL
-  ] ++ lib.optionals withPipewire [
-    pipewire
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoreconfHook
-    autoconf-archive
-    pkgconf
-  ];
-
-  preAutoreconf = ''
-    echo ${version} > version
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Console-based Audio Visualizer for Alsa";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/karlstav/cava";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline mirrexagon ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    mainProgram = "cava";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cava/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cava/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7f09e13c9d17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cava/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  autoconf-archive,
+  alsa-lib,
+  fftw,
+  iniparser,
+  libGL,
+  libpulseaudio,
+  libtool,
+  ncurses,
+  pipewire,
+  pkgconf,
+  portaudio,
+  SDL2,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  withSDL2 ? false,
+  withPipewire ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "cava";
+  version = "0.10.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "karlstav";
+    repo = "cava";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-y6RslsU/zmr0Ai/rnr73N3OtjuBcWa3JCwh9P5GkNss=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      fftw
+      iniparser
+      libpulseaudio
+      libtool
+      ncurses
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+      alsa-lib
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+      portaudio
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals withSDL2 [
+      libGL
+      SDL2
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals withPipewire [
+      pipewire
+    ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    autoconf-archive
+    pkgconf
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "-v";
+
+  preAutoreconf = ''
+    echo ${version} > version
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Console-based Audio Visualizer for Alsa";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/karlstav/cava";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      offline
+      mirrexagon
+    ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    mainProgram = "cava";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7b68d1d177ca..76d7a62e6b8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28400,8 +28400,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   catt = callPackage ../applications/video/catt { };
 
-  cava = callPackage ../applications/audio/cava { };
-
   cb2bib = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/office/cb2bib { };
 
   cbatticon = callPackage ../applications/misc/cbatticon { };