diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ch/cheesecutter/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ch/cheesecutter/package.nix
index 36b59414cdcd..88b64568da1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ch/cheesecutter/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ch/cheesecutter/package.nix
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "cheesecutter";
-  version = "unstable-2021-02-27";
+  version = "2.9-beta-3-unstable-2021-02-27";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "theyamo";
     repo = "CheeseCutter";
     rev = "84450d3614b8fb2cabda87033baab7bedd5a5c98";
-    sha256 = "sha256:0q4a791nayya6n01l0f4kk497rdq6kiq0n72fqdpwqy138pfwydn";
+    hash = "sha256-tnnuLhrBY34bduJYgOM0uOWTyJzEARqANcp7ZUM6imA=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -24,19 +24,29 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     ./0001-Drop-baked-in-build-date-for-r13y.patch
   ]
-  ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ./0002-Prepend-libSDL.dylib-to-macOS-SDL-loader.patch;
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    ./0002-Prepend-libSDL.dylib-to-macOS-SDL-loader.patch
+  ];
+
+  strictDeps = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     acme
     ldc
   ]
-  ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) patchelf;
+  ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
+    patchelf
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [ SDL ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   makefile = "Makefile.ldc";
 
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     for exe in {ccutter,ct2util}; do
       install -D $exe $out/bin/$exe
     done
@@ -48,6 +58,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     for res in $(ls icons | sed -e 's/cc//g' -e 's/.png//g'); do
       install -Dm444 icons/cc$res.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/''${res}x''${res}/apps/cheesecutter.png
     done
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   postFixup =
@@ -74,5 +86,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       "x86_64-darwin"
     ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ OPNA2608 ];
+    mainProgram = "ccutter";
   };
 }