diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ffado/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ffado/default.nix
index 4e3e373d244c7..1cab7e4523b60 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ffado/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ffado/default.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,37 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, scons, pkgconfig, which, makeWrapper, python
-, expat, libraw1394, libconfig, libavc1394, libiec61883, libxmlxx, glibmm
+, expat, libraw1394, libconfig, libavc1394, libiec61883, libxmlxx
+, alsaLib, dbus, dbus_cplusplus
 
 # Optional dependencies
-, libjack2 ? null, dbus ? null, dbus_cplusplus ? null, alsaLib ? null
-, pyqt4 ? null, dbus-python ? null, xdg_utils ? null
-
-# Other Flags
-, prefix ? ""
+, pyqt4 ? null, dbus-python ? null
+
+# ffado contain two (actually) independed packages core libraries and mixer,
+# each of them have completely independed set of dependencies, and mixer even
+# not use libraries for core packages. So `mixerOnly` parameter change logic of
+# these expression, patching out all-but-mixer. Otherwise we have perfect build loop
+# (via ffado -> pyqt4 -> qt4 -> pulseaudio -> ffado)
+, mixerOnly ? false
 }:
 
 let
-
-  shouldUsePkg = pkg: if pkg != null && pkg.meta.available then pkg else null;
-
-  libOnly = prefix == "lib";
-
-  optLibjack2 = shouldUsePkg libjack2;
-  optDbus = shouldUsePkg dbus;
-  optDbus_cplusplus = shouldUsePkg dbus_cplusplus;
-  optAlsaLib = shouldUsePkg alsaLib;
-  optPyqt4 = shouldUsePkg pyqt4;
-  optPythonDBus = shouldUsePkg dbus-python;
-  optXdg_utils = shouldUsePkg xdg_utils;
+  PYDIR="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages";
+  BINDIR = if mixerOnly then "$out/bin" else "$bin/bin";
+  SCONS_OPTIONS = ''
+      PREFIX=$out \
+      PYPKGDIR=${PYDIR} \
+      DEBUG=False \
+      ENABLE_ALL=True \
+      SERIALIZE_USE_EXPAT=True \
+      BUILD_TESTS=False \
+      UDEVDIR=$out/lib/udev/rules.d \
+      BINDIR=${BINDIR} \
+      INCLUDEDIR=$dev/include \
+      WILL_DEAL_WITH_XDG_MYSELF=True \
+      BUILD_MIXER=${if mixerOnly then "True" else "False"} \
+  '';
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${prefix}ffado-${version}";
+  name = "ffado-${if mixerOnly then "mixer" else "core"}-${version}";
   version = "2.4.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -32,13 +39,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "14rprlcd0gpvg9kljh0zzjzd2rc9hbqqpjidshxxjvvfh4r00f4f";
   };
 
+  outputs = if mixerOnly then [ "out" ] else [ "out" "bin" "dev" ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ scons pkgconfig which makeWrapper python ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    expat libraw1394 libconfig libavc1394 libiec61883
-  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!libOnly) [
-    optLibjack2 optDbus optDbus_cplusplus optAlsaLib optPyqt4
-    optXdg_utils libxmlxx glibmm
+    expat libraw1394 libconfig libavc1394 libiec61883 dbus dbus_cplusplus libxmlxx
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals mixerOnly [
+    pyqt4 dbus-python
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -54,6 +62,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i -e '1i #include <stdlib.h>' \
       -e '1i #include "version.h"' \
       src/libutil/serialize_expat.cpp
+  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString mixerOnly ''
+    sed 's!dirs=subdirs!dirs=["support/mixer-qt4"]!' -i SConstruct
+    sed "/env.Install/ d" -i SConstruct
   '';
 
   preConfigure = ''
@@ -62,25 +73,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # TODO fix ffado-diag, it doesn't seem to use PYPKGDIR
   buildPhase = ''
-    export PYDIR=$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages
-
-    scons PYPKGDIR=$PYDIR DEBUG=False \
-      ENABLE_ALL=True \
-      SERIALIZE_USE_EXPAT=True \
+    scons ${SCONS_OPTIONS}
   '';
 
-  installPhase = if libOnly then ''
-    scons PREFIX=$TMPDIR UDEVDIR=$TMPDIR \
-      LIBDIR=$out/lib INCLUDEDIR=$out/include install
-  '' else ''
-    scons PREFIX=$out PYPKGDIR=$PYDIR UDEVDIR=$out/lib/udev/rules.d install
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (optPyqt4 != null && optPythonDBus != null) ''
+  installPhase = ''
+    scons ${SCONS_OPTIONS} ${if mixerOnly then "${BINDIR} ${PYDIR}" else "install"}
+  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString mixerOnly ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/ffado-mixer --prefix PYTHONPATH : \
-      $PYTHONPATH:$PYDIR:${optPyqt4}/$LIBSUFFIX:${optPythonDBus}/$LIBSUFFIX:
-
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/ffado-diag --prefix PYTHONPATH : \
-      $PYTHONPATH:$PYDIR:$out/share/libffado/python:${optPyqt4}/$LIBSUFFIX:${optPythonDBus}/$LIBSUFFIX:
-  '';
+      $PYTHONPATH:${PYDIR}:${pyqt4}/$LIBSUFFIX:${dbus-python}/$LIBSUFFIX:
+   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://www.ffado.org;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fd778deea95d2..212084cafa8e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13372,10 +13372,11 @@ with pkgs;
 
   fatrace = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/fatrace { };
 
-  ffado = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ffado {
+  ffado = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ffado { };
+  ffado-mixer = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ffado {
     inherit (python2Packages) python pyqt4 dbus-python;
+    mixerOnly = true;
   };
-  libffado = ffado.override { prefix = "lib"; };
 
   fbterm = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/fbterm { };