diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/bb/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/bb/default.nix
index 16f4c0bd2d6f..1c7eedc56570 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/bb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/bb/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, darwin, aalib, ncurses, xorg, libmikmod }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, aalib, ncurses, xorg, libmikmod }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bb";
@@ -9,19 +9,24 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1i411glxh7g4pfg4gw826lpwngi89yrbmxac8jmnsfvrfb48hgbr";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # add / update include files to get function prototypes
+    ./included-files-updates.diff
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
   buildInputs = [
     aalib ncurses libmikmod
     xorg.libXau xorg.libXdmcp xorg.libX11
-  ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.CoreAudio;
+  ];
 
-  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
-    sed -i -e '/^#include <malloc.h>$/d' *.c
+  # regparm attribute is not supported by clang
+  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isClang ''
+    substituteInPlace config.h \
+      --replace-fail "__attribute__ ((regparm(n)))" ""
   '';
 
-  # error: 'regparm' is not valid on this platform
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64)
-    "-D__STRICT_ANSI__";
-
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage    = "http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/bb";
     description = "AA-lib demo";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/bb/included-files-updates.diff b/pkgs/applications/misc/bb/included-files-updates.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..07fa331a96c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/bb/included-files-updates.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+diff --git a/bb.c b/bb.c
+index 95850ef..6a7cc78 100644
+--- a/bb.c
++++ b/bb.c
+@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
++#include <time.h>
+ #include <ctype.h>
+ #include <aalib.h>
+ #include "bb.h"
+diff --git a/credits.c b/credits.c
+index 8514579..b304d8c 100644
+--- a/credits.c
++++ b/credits.c
+@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
+ #include <math.h>
+ #include <limits.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+-#include <malloc.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include "bb.h"
+ #define STAR 1
+diff --git a/credits2.c b/credits2.c
+index 65d2431..9dcdf2d 100644
+--- a/credits2.c
++++ b/credits2.c
+@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
+ #include <math.h>
+ #include <ctype.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+-#include <malloc.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include "bb.h"
+ #define STATE (TIME-starttime)
+diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
+index ae852a7..c0648b4 100644
+--- a/main.c
++++ b/main.c
+@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
+  * 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+  */
+ 
++#include <ctype.h>
++#include <string.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include "timers.h"
+ #include "bb.h"
+diff --git a/messager.c b/messager.c
+index 95cc410..5164577 100644
+--- a/messager.c
++++ b/messager.c
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+  */
+ 
+ #include <string.h>
+-#include <malloc.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ #include "bb.h"
+ 
+ static int cursor_x, cursor_y;
+diff --git a/scene5.c b/scene5.c
+index 8d3c798..4a79258 100644
+--- a/scene5.c
++++ b/scene5.c
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+  */
+ 
+ #include <string.h>
+-#include <malloc.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <math.h>
+ #include "bb.h"
+ #include "tex.h"
+diff --git a/scene8.c b/scene8.c
+index 2bcba1e..72ea231 100644
+--- a/scene8.c
++++ b/scene8.c
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+  */
+ 
+ #include <math.h>
+-#include <malloc.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ #include "bb.h"
+ #define STATE1 (TIME-starttime1)
+ #define STATE (time-starttime)
+diff --git a/textform.c b/textform.c
+index 859d367..eb9d1cb 100644
+--- a/textform.c
++++ b/textform.c
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+-#include <malloc.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <aalib.h>
+ #include "bb.h"
+ #define MAXLINES 10000
+diff --git a/timers.c b/timers.c
+index ac822f7..6342c1b 100644
+--- a/timers.c
++++ b/timers.c
+@@ -45,12 +45,9 @@
+ #include <time.h>
+ #endif
+    /*HAVE_TIME_H*/
+-#include <malloc.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+-#ifndef _MAC
+-#include <malloc.h>
+-#endif
+ #ifdef __BEOS__
+ #include <OS.h>
+ #endif
+diff --git a/uncompfn.c b/uncompfn.c
+index d8eaaea..bc707f8 100644
+--- a/uncompfn.c
++++ b/uncompfn.c
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
+  * 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+  */
+ 
+-#include <malloc.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <aalib.h>
+ #include "bb.h"
+ 
+diff --git a/zoom.c b/zoom.c
+index 7450095..4b37b2d 100644
+--- a/zoom.c
++++ b/zoom.c
+@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
+ #else
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
+-#ifndef _MAC
+-#include <malloc.h>
+-#endif
+ #ifdef __DJGPP__
+ #include "aconfig.dos"
+ #else