diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sn/sndpeek/ambiguous-complex.patch b/pkgs/by-name/sn/sndpeek/ambiguous-complex.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d391f2a27b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sn/sndpeek/ambiguous-complex.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+diff --git a/src/marsyas/MagFFT.cpp b/src/marsyas/MagFFT.cpp
+index 056f998..525ffa8 100644
+--- a/src/marsyas/MagFFT.cpp
++++ b/src/marsyas/MagFFT.cpp
+@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ typedef struct { float re ; float im ; } complex ;
+ 
+ #define CABS(x) hypot( (x).re, (x).im )
+ 
+-complex cadd(), csub(), cmult(), smult(), cdiv(), conjg(), csqrt() ;
++::complex cadd(), csub(), cmult(), smult(), cdiv(), conjg(), csqrt() ;
+ 
+-extern complex zero ;
+-extern complex one ;
++extern ::complex zero ;
++extern ::complex one ;
+ extern float synt ;
+ 
+ 
+diff --git a/src/sndpeek/sndpeek.cpp b/src/sndpeek/sndpeek.cpp
+index 77fca13..a95275f 100644
+--- a/src/sndpeek/sndpeek.cpp
++++ b/src/sndpeek/sndpeek.cpp
+@@ -1583,7 +1583,7 @@ void displayFunc( )
+         // take forward FFT; result in buffer as FFT_SIZE/2 complex values
+         rfft( (float *)buffer, g_fft_size/2, FFT_FORWARD );
+         // cast to complex
+-        complex * cbuf = (complex *)buffer;
++        ::complex * cbuf = (::complex *)buffer;
+ 
+         // reset drawing offsets
+         x = -1.8f;
+@@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@ void extract_buffer( )
+     // take the forward fft, leaving fftsize/2 complex values
+     rfft( (float *)buffer, g_buffer_size/2, FFT_FORWARD );
+     // cast to complex
+-    complex * cbuf = (complex *)buffer;
++    ::complex * cbuf = (::complex *)buffer;
+ 
+     // get magnitude spectrum
+     for( i = 0; i < g_buffer_size/2; i++ )
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sn/sndpeek/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sn/sndpeek/package.nix
index ae6082b93820..b28c4aee720d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sn/sndpeek/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sn/sndpeek/package.nix
@@ -15,17 +15,24 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "sndpeek";
-  version = "1.4";
+  version = "1.41";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://soundlab.cs.princeton.edu/software/sndpeek/files/sndpeek-${finalAttrs.version}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "2d86cf74854fa00dcdc05a35dd92bc4cf6115e87102b17023be5cba9ead8eedf";
+    hash = "sha256-ZVMLZRDQfCCI5f+i5LEb34uHKqiTkT2pa2sBjnSyTk0=";
   };
-  sourceRoot = "sndpeek-${finalAttrs.version}/src/sndpeek";
 
-  # this patch adds -lpthread to the list of libraries, without it a
-  # symbol-not-found-error is thrown
-  patches = [ ./pthread.patch ];
+  patches = [
+    # this patch adds -lpthread to the list of libraries, without it a
+    # symbol-not-found-error is thrown
+    ./pthread.patch
+    # fix error: reference to 'complex' is ambiguous
+    ./ambiguous-complex.patch
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    cd "src/sndpeek"
+  '';
 
   buildInputs = [
     libglut
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sn/sndpeek/pthread.patch b/pkgs/by-name/sn/sndpeek/pthread.patch
index b2f1d37da6be..b6d2c7b94828 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sn/sndpeek/pthread.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sn/sndpeek/pthread.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-diff --git a/makefile.alsa b/makefile.alsa
+diff --git a/src/sndpeek/makefile.alsa b/src/sndpeek/makefile.alsa
 index 34fb848..cdaeaec 100644
---- a/makefile.alsa
-+++ b/makefile.alsa
+--- a/src/sndpeek/makefile.alsa
++++ b/src/sndpeek/makefile.alsa
 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CPP=g++
  INCLUDES=-I../marsyas/
  MARSYAS_DIR=../marsyas/
- CFLAGS=-D__LINUX_ALSA__ -D__LITTLE_ENDIAN__ $(INCLUDES) -O3 -c
+ CFLAGS=-D__LINUX_ALSA__ -D__LITTLE_ENDIAN__ -D__USE_GLUT__ $(INCLUDES) -O3 -c
 -LIBS=-L/usr/X11R6/lib -lglut -lGL -lGLU -lasound -lXmu -lX11 -lXext -lXi -lm -lsndfile
 +LIBS=-L/usr/X11R6/lib -lglut -lGL -lGLU -lasound -lXmu -lX11 -lXext -lXi -lm -lsndfile -lpthread