diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/helvum/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/helvum/default.nix
index 757b83cd4d57..30dc359731f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/helvum/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/helvum/default.nix
@@ -1,47 +1,73 @@
 { lib
-, fetchFromGitLab
-, makeDesktopItem
-, copyDesktopItems
-, rustPlatform
-, pkg-config
 , clang
-, libclang
+, desktop-file-utils
+, fetchFromGitLab
+, fetchpatch
 , glib
 , gtk4
+, libclang
+, meson
+, ninja
 , pipewire
+, pkg-config
+, rustPlatform
+, stdenv
 }:
 
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "helvum";
-  version = "0.3.1";
+  version = "0.3.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
     owner = "ryuukyu";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-f6+6Qicg5J6oWcafG4DF0HovTmF4r6yfw6p/3dJHmB4=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Kt6gnMRTOVXqjAjEZKlylcGhzl52ZzPNVbJhwzLhzkM=";
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "sha256-zGa6nAmOOrpiMr865J06Ez3L6lPL0j18/lW8lw1jPyU=";
+  cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoTarball {
+    inherit src;
+    name = "${pname}-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-kxJRY9GSPwnb431iYCfJdGcl5HjpFr2KkWrFDpGajp8=";
+  };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ clang copyDesktopItems pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ glib gtk4 pipewire ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    clang
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+    rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
+    rustPlatform.rust.cargo
+    rustPlatform.rust.rustc
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    desktop-file-utils
+    glib
+    gtk4
+    pipewire
+  ];
 
   LIBCLANG_PATH = "${libclang.lib}/lib";
 
-  desktopItems = makeDesktopItem {
-    name = "Helvum";
-    exec = pname;
-    desktopName = "Helvum";
-    genericName = "Helvum";
-    categories = "AudioVideo;";
-  };
+  patches = [
+    # enables us to use gtk4-update-icon-cache instead of gtk3 one
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/ryuukyu/helvum/-/merge_requests/24.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-WmI6taBL/6t587j06n0mwByQ8x0eUA5ECvGNjg2/vtk=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs build-aux/cargo.sh
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A GTK patchbay for pipewire";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/ryuukyu/helvum";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fufexan ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }