diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/furnace/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/furnace/default.nix
index 372a873ca58..d916e68292e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/furnace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/furnace/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 , fftw
 , fmt_8
 , libsndfile
+, libX11
 , rtmidi
 , SDL2
 , zlib
@@ -21,16 +22,23 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "furnace";
-  version = "0.6pre4-hotfix";
+  version = "0.6pre5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "tildearrow";
     repo = "furnace";
     rev = "v${version}";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
-    sha256 = "sha256-lJtV/0GnWN5mSjv2LaPEMnkuThaNeijBMjLGFPOJX4k=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-6KiG7nfQUdPW+EkBW3PPM141kOmolAgrrqhEGH/Azg4=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
+    # To offer scaling detection on X11, furnace checks if libX11.so is available via dlopen and uses some of its functions
+    # But it's being linked against a versioned libX11.so.VERSION via SDL, so the unversioned one is not on the rpath
+    substituteInPlace src/gui/scaling.cpp \
+      --replace 'libX11.so' '${lib.getLib libX11}/lib/libX11.so'
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     pkg-config
@@ -97,6 +105,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Multi-system chiptune tracker compatible with DefleMask modules";
     homepage = "https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = with licenses; [ gpl2Plus ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ OPNA2608 ];
     platforms = platforms.all;