diff --git a/srcpkgs/cava/template b/srcpkgs/cava/template
index 57e4eed3240..9ac6e53d172 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cava/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cava/template
@@ -3,18 +3,22 @@ pkgname=cava
 version=0.6.0
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
+build_options="alsa pulseaudio"
+build_options_default="alsa pulseaudio"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
-makedepends="alsa-lib-devel pulseaudio-devel fftw-devel ncurses-devel iniparser-devel"
+makedepends="fftw-devel ncurses-devel iniparser-devel
+ $(vopt_if alsa alsa-lib-devel) $(vopt_if pulseaudio pulseaudio-devel)"
 short_desc="Console-based Audio Visualizer for ALSA"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="https://github.com/karlstav/cava"
 license="MIT"
-distfiles="https://github.com/karlstav/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=42d51c6c283cd2b0f5125954ea8c61a12385703d1953ef9c40103402c7a744dc
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 }
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }