diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 5eac586..775db5d 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ rec {
   lolcommits = pkgs.callPackage ./pkgs/lolcommits { mplayer = mplayerV4l; };
   mplayerV4l = pkgs.mplayer.override { v4lSupport = true; };
   vollkorn = pkgs.callPackage ./pkgs/vollkorn { };
-  numptyphysics = pkgs.callPackage ./pkgs/numptyphysics { };
+  numptyphysics = pkgs.callPackage ./pkgs/numptyphysics { SDL2 = pkgs.SDL2.override {openglSupport = true; }; };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/numptyphysics/default.nix b/pkgs/numptyphysics/default.nix
index 23cdf85..cdab363 100644
--- a/pkgs/numptyphysics/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/numptyphysics/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 , SDL2_image
 , SDL2_ttf
 , libGL
-, libGLU
 , glib
 , pkgconfig
 }:
@@ -20,12 +19,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "03cqzp8wj00kwc5ykhk27vv9jpgcn8b99lkfzj557lmvvyx1rrsd";
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_ttf glib libGL libGLU ];
+  buildInputs = [ SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_ttf glib libGL ];
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  patches = [
+    # always build against libGL, as upstream check depends on FHS lib locations
+    ./use-libgl.patch
+  ];
   installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" "PREFIX=''" ];
 
   meta = {
-    broken = true;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.schmittlauch ];
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     description = "a drawing puzzle game based on construction and physics puzzles";
diff --git a/pkgs/numptyphysics/use-libgl.patch b/pkgs/numptyphysics/use-libgl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56b984a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/numptyphysics/use-libgl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/platform/gl/gl.mk b/platform/gl/gl.mk
+index 094a69b..f374acd 100644
+--- a/platform/gl/gl.mk
++++ b/platform/gl/gl.mk
+@@ -2,13 +2,8 @@
+ ifeq ($(shell uname),Darwin)
+ LIBS += -framework OpenGL
+ else ifneq ($(PLATFORM),mingw)
+-ifneq ($(wildcard $(patsubst %,%/libGL.so.1,/usr/lib /usr/lib64 /usr/lib/* /usr/lib/*/mesa)),)
++# quick and dirty patch: always use libGL without checking
+ $(eval $(call add_pkgconfig,gl))
+ else
+-$(eval $(call add_pkgconfig,glesv2))
+-CFLAGS += -DUSE_OPENGL_ES
+-CXXFLAGS += -DUSE_OPENGL_ES
+-endif
+-else
+ LIBS += -lopengl32
+ endif