diff --git a/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/df.lock.json b/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/df.lock.json
index b3fda97b6897..e17862c54e9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/df.lock.json
+++ b/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/df.lock.json
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 {
   "game": {
     "latest": {
-      "linux": "53.06",
+      "linux": "53.08",
       "darwin": "0.47.05"
     },
     "versions": {
-      "53.06": {
+      "53.08": {
         "df": {
-          "version": "53.06",
+          "version": "53.08",
           "urls": {
             "linux": {
-              "url": "https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/df_53_06_linux.tar.bz2",
-              "outputHash": "sha256-PSoYP9XVgAYMPih3uP2pCMwkWic3jPkz+V5j9g0KO1A="
+              "url": "https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/df_53_08_linux.tar.bz2",
+              "outputHash": "sha256-0h6vA9n33Qt/y4v9UIuQl7p//SuQOkRV8Moe3MYAfIw="
             }
           }
         },
         "hack": {
-          "version": "53.06-r1",
+          "version": "53.08-r1",
           "git": {
             "url": "https://github.com/DFHack/dfhack.git",
-            "revision": "53.06-r1",
-            "outputHash": "sha256-tjhfr7UKGaiuzjanFrYeG8CS20EDjPchB2fQr/hz9HI="
+            "revision": "53.08-r1",
+            "outputHash": "sha256-LM3lsM1SZR1fKyhfTdbYBOYe+qbGcIkpvJYT3j16OSM="
           },
-          "xmlRev": "24322fe4a30209399c1c5fe903726828edd9032b"
+          "xmlRev": "da0b52eb3ad79866b1228a880be3b734cfac7b55"
         }
       },
       "52.05": {
diff --git a/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/dfhack/default.nix b/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/dfhack/default.nix
index 18c080f9d510..25530140c90a 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/dfhack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/dfhack/default.nix
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   fetchpatch,
   cmake,
+  fmt,
   ninja,
   writeScriptBin,
+  writeText,
   perl,
   XMLLibXML,
   XMLLibXSLT,
   makeWrapper,
   zlib,
-  enableStoneSense ? false,
+  enableStoneSense ? true,
   allegro5,
   libGLU,
   libGL,
@@ -81,9 +83,25 @@ let
     elif [ "$*" = "rev-parse HEAD:library/xml" ]; then
       echo "${xmlRev}"
     else
+      echo "Unhandled git command: '$*'" >&2
       exit 1
     fi
   '';
+
+  needFetchOverrides = versionAtLeast version "53.07-r1";
+
+  fetchOverrides = writeText "fetch-overrides.cmake" ''
+    include_guard(GLOBAL)
+    function(cmake_language_dependency_provider method package_name)
+      if(package_name STREQUAL "fmt")
+        find_package(fmt CONFIG QUIET)
+        if(fmt_FOUND)
+          set(''${package_name}_PROVIDER_SATISFIED TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
+          return()
+        endif()
+      endif()
+    endfunction()
+  '';
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "dfhack";
@@ -150,6 +168,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     allegro5
     libGLU
     libGL
+  ]
+  ++ optionals needFetchOverrides [
+    fmt
   ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
@@ -173,6 +194,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ++ optionals enableStoneSense [
     "-DBUILD_STONESENSE=ON"
     "-DSTONESENSE_INTERNAL_SO=OFF"
+  ]
+  ++ optionals needFetchOverrides [
+    "-DFETCHCONTENT_FULLY_DISCONNECTED=ON"
+    "-DCMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES=${fetchOverrides}"
   ];
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [
diff --git a/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/wrapper/default.nix
index 6321e88d3dd6..8c941c8879bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/dwarf-fortress/wrapper/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   expect,
   xvfb-run,
   writeText,
-  enableStoneSense ? false,
+  enableStoneSense ? enableDFHack,
   enableTWBT ? false,
   twbt,
   themes ? { },