diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/default.nix
index a574520a5af6..cded819dbb5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 , freeipmi
 , gd
 , i2c-tools
+, libgpiod_1
 , libmodbus
 , libtool
 , libusb1
@@ -23,11 +24,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "nut";
-  version = "2.8.0";
+  version = "2.8.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://networkupstools.org/source/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-w+WnCNp5e3xwtlPTexIGoAD8tQO4VRn+TN9jU/eSv+U=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-5LSwy+fdObqQl75/fXh7sv/74132Tf9Ttf45PWWcWX0=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       src = ./hardcode-paths.patch;
       avahi = "${avahi}/lib";
       freeipmi = "${freeipmi}/lib";
+      libgpiod = "${libgpiod_1}/lib";
       libusb = "${libusb1}/lib";
       neon = "${neon}/lib";
       libmodbus = "${libmodbus}/lib";
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ neon libusb1 openssl udev avahi freeipmi libmodbus libtool i2c-tools net-snmp gd ];
+  buildInputs = [ neon libusb1 openssl udev avahi freeipmi libgpiod_1 libmodbus libtool i2c-tools net-snmp gd ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config makeWrapper ];
 
@@ -83,9 +85,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace $out/lib/systemd/system/nut-driver-enumerator.path \
       --replace "$out/etc/ups.conf" "/etc/nut/ups.conf"
 
-    # we don't need init.d scripts
-    rm -r $out/share/solaris-init
-
     # Suspicious/overly broad rule, remove it until we know better
     rm $out/etc/udev/rules.d/52-nut-ipmipsu.rules
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/hardcode-paths.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/hardcode-paths.patch
index a58d402a2058..2a85644358c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/hardcode-paths.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/nut/hardcode-paths.patch
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 --- a/common/common.c
 +++ b/common/common.c
-@@ -991,6 +991,12 @@ ssize_t select_write(const int fd, const void *buf, const size_t buflen, const t
+@@ -1990,6 +1990,13 @@ ssize_t select_write(serial_handler_t *fd, const void *buf, const size_t buflen,
   * communications media and/or vendor protocol.
   */
- static const char * search_paths[] = {
+ static const char * search_paths_builtin[] = {
 +	"@avahi@",
 +	"@freeipmi@",
++	"@libgpiod@",
 +	"@libusb@",
 +	"@neon@",
 +	"@libmodbus@",
 +	"@netsnmp@",
  	/* Use the library path (and bitness) provided during ./configure first */
  	LIBDIR,
- 	"/usr"LIBDIR,
+ 	"/usr"LIBDIR,		/* Note: this can lead to bogus strings like */