diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/catclock/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/catclock/default.nix
index fff8101e55a..494ed3001e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/catclock/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/catclock/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, xlibsWrapper, motif }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, xlibsWrapper, motif
+, withAudioTracking ? false, libpulseaudio, aubio }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "catclock";
-  version = "unstable-2015-10-04";
+  version = "unstable-2021-11-15";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "BarkyTheDog";
     repo = "catclock";
-    rev = "d20b8825b38477a144e8a2a4bbd4779adb3620ac";
-    sha256 = "0fiv9rj8p8mifv24cxljdrrmh357q70zmzdci9bpbxnhs1gdpr63";
+    rev = "b2f277974b5a80667647303cabf8a89d6d6a4290";
+    sha256 = "0ls02j9waqg155rj6whisqm7ppsdabgkrln92n4rmkgnwv25hdbi";
   };
 
   preInstall = ''
@@ -17,14 +18,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     cp xclock.man $out/share/man/man1/xclock.1
   '';
 
-  makeFlags = [
-    "DESTINATION=$(out)/bin/"
-  ];
+  makeFlags = [ "DESTINATION=$(out)/bin/" ]
+    ++ lib.optional withAudioTracking "WITH_TEMPO_TRACKER=1";
 
-  buildInputs = [ xlibsWrapper motif ];
+  buildInputs = [ xlibsWrapper motif ]
+    ++ lib.optionals withAudioTracking [ libpulseaudio aubio ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://codefromabove.com/2014/05/catclock/";
+    description = "Analog / Digital / Cat clock for X";
     license = with licenses; mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ramkromberg ];
     mainProgram = "xclock";