diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins/default.nix
index 094134fb9423..8e32ece770cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins/default.nix
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "000iqwlz93ykl0w19hw4qjh3gcw7f45ykmi91cw2m7dg4iy0igk7";
   };
 
-  # TODO make this customizable
-  buildInputs = [pkgconfig alsaLib pulseaudio];
-
+  # TODO make backends such as jack, pulseaudio optional
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig alsaLib pulseaudio jackaudio];
 
   meta = { 
     description = "plugins for alsa eg conneckt jack, pluseaudio applications easily to the daemons using alsa devices";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins/wrapper.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7dbd01bf058e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins/wrapper.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{ writeScriptBin, stdenv, alsaPlugins }:
+writeScriptBin "ap${if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then "32" else "64"}" ''
+  #/bin/sh
+  ALSA_PLUGIN_DIRS=${alsaPlugins}/lib/alsa-lib "$@"
+''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2971461186a0..c2ea40e02fa5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4915,7 +4915,10 @@ let
   };
 
   alsaPlugins = import ../os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv lib pkgconfig alsaLib pulseaudio;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv lib pkgconfig alsaLib pulseaudio jackaudio;
+  };
+  alsaPluginWrapper = import ../os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins/wrapper.nix {
+    inherit stdenv alsaPlugins writeScriptBin;
   };
 
   alsaUtils = import ../os-specific/linux/alsa-utils {