diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ox/oxwm/build.zig.zon.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ox/oxwm/build.zig.zon.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..edd9caf9961c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ox/oxwm/build.zig.zon.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# generated by zon2nix (https://github.com/nix-community/zon2nix)
+
+{
+  linkFarm,
+  fetchzip,
+  fetchgit,
+}:
+
+linkFarm "zig-packages" [
+  {
+    name = "N-V-__8AAKEzFAAA695b9LXBhUSVK5MAV_VKSm1mEj3Acbze";
+    path = fetchzip {
+      url = "https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.4.8.tar.gz";
+      hash = "sha256-6TMsVp2D3WtvnwyhvwodjQH3kvTXz1rSMWwiHazvKys=";
+    };
+  }
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ox/oxwm/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ox/oxwm/package.nix
index c6872949943b..aa3d944000aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ox/oxwm/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ox/oxwm/package.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
+  callPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  zig_0_15,
+  zig_0_16,
   pkg-config,
   libx11,
   libxft,
@@ -14,17 +15,24 @@
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "oxwm";
-  version = "0.11.3";
+  version = "0.12.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "tonybanters";
     repo = "oxwm";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-W6muqajSk9UR646ZmLkx/wWfiaWLo+d1lJMiLm82NC8=";
+    hash = "sha256-N0uKA51AR0YFUcp6MdIiJS5HtHobSaDdXPRrMEOCSEM=";
   };
 
+  deps = callPackage ./build.zig.zon.nix { };
+
+  zigBuildFlags = [
+    "--system"
+    "${finalAttrs.deps}"
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    zig_0_15.hook
+    zig_0_16.hook
     pkg-config
   ];