diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ke/kew/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ke/kew/package.nix
index ef1bb480003f..5bcd51ad9ead 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ke/kew/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ke/kew/package.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,29 @@
 {
+  config,
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  fftwFloat,
+  alsa-lib,
+  autoPatchelfHook,
   chafa,
   curl,
-  glib,
-  libopus,
-  opusfile,
-  libvorbis,
-  taglib,
   faad2,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fftwFloat,
+  glib,
   libogg,
-  pkg-config,
-  versionCheckHook,
+  libopus,
+  libjack2,
+  libpulseaudio,
+  libvorbis,
   nix-update-script,
+  opusfile,
+  pkg-config,
+  taglib,
+  versionCheckHook,
+
+  withALSA ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,
+  withJACK ? false,
+  withPulseaudio ? config.pulseaudio or stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -28,7 +37,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-nntbxDy1gfd4F/FvlilLeOAepqtxhnYE2XRjJSlFvgI=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs =
+    [
+      pkg-config
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+      autoPatchelfHook
+    ];
+
   buildInputs = [
     fftwFloat.dev
     chafa
@@ -42,6 +58,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libogg
   ];
 
+  runtimeDependencies =
+    lib.optionals withPulseaudio [
+      libpulseaudio
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (withALSA || withJACK) [
+      alsa-lib
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals withJACK [
+      libjack2
+    ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   installFlags = [
     "MAN_DIR=${placeholder "out"}/share/man"
     "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}"