diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/snes9x-gtk/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/snes9x-gtk/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ff7df4b09440..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/snes9x-gtk/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, pkg-config, wrapGAppsHook, alsa-lib
-, SDL2, zlib, gtkmm3, libXv, libepoxy, minizip, pulseaudio, portaudio }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "snes9x-gtk";
-  version = "1.61";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "snes9xgit";
-    repo = "snes9x";
-    rev = version;
-    fetchSubmodules = true;
-    sha256 = "1kay7aj30x0vn8rkylspdycydrzsc0aidjbs0dd238hr5hid723b";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config wrapGAppsHook ];
-  buildInputs = [ alsa-lib SDL2 zlib gtkmm3 libXv libepoxy minizip pulseaudio portaudio ];
-
-  preConfigure = "cd gtk";
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://www.snes9x.com";
-    description = "Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator";
-
-    longDescription = ''
-      Snes9x is a portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
-      emulator. It basically allows you to play most games designed for the SNES
-      and Super Famicom Nintendo game systems on your PC or Workstation; which
-      includes some real gems that were only ever released in Japan.
-    '';
-
-    # see https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x/blob/master/LICENSE for exact details
-    license = licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ qknight xfix ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/snes9x/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/snes9x/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..779e4dab3b3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/snes9x/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, alsa-lib
+, autoreconfHook
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, gtkmm3
+, libepoxy
+, libpng
+, libX11
+, libXv
+, libXext
+, libXinerama
+, meson
+, minizip
+, ninja
+, pkg-config
+, portaudio
+, pulseaudio
+, SDL2
+, wrapGAppsHook
+, zlib
+, withGtk ? false
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname =
+    if withGtk then
+      "snes9x-gtk"
+    else
+      "snes9x";
+  version = "1.61";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "snes9xgit";
+    repo = "snes9x";
+    rev = version;
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+    sha256 = "1kay7aj30x0vn8rkylspdycydrzsc0aidjbs0dd238hr5hid723b";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # Fix cross-compilation, otherwise it fails to detect host compiler features
+    # Doesn't affect non CC builds
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://mirror.its.dal.ca/gentoo-portage/games-emulation/snes9x/files/snes9x-1.53-cross-compile.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-ZCmnprimz8PtDIXkB1dYD0oura9icW81yKvJ4coKaDg=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals (!withGtk) [
+    autoreconfHook
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals withGtk [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    wrapGAppsHook
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libX11
+    libXext
+    libXv
+    minizip
+    zlib
+  ]
+  # on non-Linux platforms this will build without sound support on X11 build
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+    alsa-lib
+    pulseaudio
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals (!withGtk) [
+    libpng
+    libXinerama
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals withGtk [
+    gtkmm3
+    libepoxy
+    portaudio
+    SDL2
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags =
+    lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.sse4_1Support "--enable-sse41"
+    ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.avx2Support "--enable-avx2";
+
+  installPhase = lib.optionalString (!withGtk) ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm755 snes9x -t "$out/bin/"
+    install -Dm644 snes9x.conf.default -t "$out/share/doc/${pname}/"
+    install -Dm644 ../docs/{control-inputs,controls,snapshots}.txt -t \
+      "$out/share/doc/${pname}/"
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  preAutoreconf = lib.optionalString (!withGtk) "cd unix";
+  preConfigure = lib.optionalString withGtk "cd gtk";
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with lib;
+    let
+      interface = if withGtk then "GTK" else "X11";
+    in
+    {
+      homepage = "https://www.snes9x.com";
+      description = "Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator, ${interface} version";
+
+      longDescription = ''
+        Snes9x is a portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
+        emulator. It basically allows you to play most games designed for the SNES
+        and Super Famicom Nintendo game systems on your PC or Workstation; which
+        includes some real gems that were only ever released in Japan.
+
+        Version build with ${interface} interface.
+      '';
+
+      license = licenses.unfreeRedistributable // {
+        url = "https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x/blob/${version}/LICENSE";
+      };
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ qknight xfix thiagokokada ];
+      platforms = platforms.unix;
+      broken = (withGtk && stdenv.isDarwin);
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f0c487be9ecc..e9a1652a6c42 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1355,7 +1355,11 @@ with pkgs;
 
   simplenes = callPackage ../applications/emulators/simplenes { };
 
-  snes9x-gtk = callPackage ../applications/emulators/snes9x-gtk { };
+  snes9x = callPackage ../applications/emulators/snes9x { };
+
+  snes9x-gtk = callPackage ../applications/emulators/snes9x {
+    withGtk = true;
+  };
 
   stella = callPackage ../applications/emulators/stella { };