diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/waylock/update.nu b/pkgs/applications/misc/waylock/update.nu
deleted file mode 100755
index 514a755db1a3..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/waylock/update.nu
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i nu -p nushell common-updater-scripts
-
-let latest_tag = list-git-tags --url=https://codeberg.org/ifreund/waylock | lines | sort --natural | str replace v '' | last
-update-source-version waylock $latest_tag
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wa/waylock/build.zig.zon.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wa/waylock/build.zig.zon.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a0d4d9ac0971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wa/waylock/build.zig.zon.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# generated by zon2nix (https://github.com/nix-community/zon2nix)
+
+{ linkFarm, fetchzip }:
+
+linkFarm "zig-packages" [
+  {
+    name = "1220840390382c88caf9b0887f6cebbba3a7d05960b8b2ee6d80567b2950b71e5017";
+    path = fetchzip {
+      url = "https://codeberg.org/ifreund/zig-xkbcommon/archive/v0.1.0.tar.gz";
+      hash = "sha256-xilmsDGWlkfpTiGff+/nb76jx87ANdr4zqYy6rKOBMg=";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    name = "1220b0f8f822c1625af7aae4cb3ab2c4ec1a4c0e99ef32867b2a8d88bb070b3e7f6d";
+    path = fetchzip {
+      url = "https://codeberg.org/ifreund/zig-wayland/archive/v0.1.0.tar.gz";
+      hash = "sha256-VLEx8nRgmJZWgLNBRqrR7bZEkW0m5HTRv984HKwoIfA=";
+    };
+  }
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/waylock/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wa/waylock/package.nix
similarity index 61%
rename from pkgs/applications/misc/waylock/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/wa/waylock/package.nix
index 9ed2cc12131e..a4b8facf555d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/waylock/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wa/waylock/package.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitea
-, libxkbcommon
-, pam
-, pkg-config
-, scdoc
-, wayland
-, wayland-protocols
-, zig_0_11
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  callPackage,
+  fetchFromGitea,
+  libxkbcommon,
+  pam,
+  pkg-config,
+  scdoc,
+  wayland,
+  wayland-protocols,
+  zig_0_12,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "waylock";
-  version = "1.0.0";
+  version = "1.1.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitea {
     domain = "codeberg.org";
@@ -20,14 +22,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     repo = "waylock";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
-    hash = "sha256-Z5YNaR+jocJ4hS7NT8oAlrMnqNfD8KRzOyyqdVGDSl0=";
+    hash = "sha256-U8xJucLpmeLdmSUc+AVSH/mlv6UOXsxotJPTMK7lnkA=";
   };
 
+  deps = callPackage ./build.zig.zon.nix { };
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     scdoc
     wayland
-    zig_0_11.hook
+    zig_0_12.hook
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -36,7 +40,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pam
   ];
 
-  zigBuildFlags = [ "-Dman-pages" ];
+  zigBuildFlags = [
+    "-Dman-pages"
+    "--system"
+    "${finalAttrs.deps}"
+  ];
 
   passthru.updateScript = ./update.nu;
 
@@ -45,7 +53,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     changelog = "https://codeberg.org/ifreund/waylock/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     description = "A small screenlocker for Wayland compositors";
     license = lib.licenses.isc;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ adamcstephens jordanisaacs ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      adamcstephens
+      jordanisaacs
+    ];
     mainProgram = "waylock";
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wa/waylock/update.nu b/pkgs/by-name/wa/waylock/update.nu
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..e227fb646517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wa/waylock/update.nu
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i nu -p nushell common-updater-scripts zon2nix
+
+let latest_tag = list-git-tags --url=https://codeberg.org/ifreund/waylock | lines | sort --natural | str replace v '' | last
+update-source-version waylock $latest_tag
+
+http get $"https://codeberg.org/ifreund/waylock/raw/tag/v($latest_tag)/build.zig.zon" | save build.zig.zon
+zon2nix > pkgs/by-name/wa/waylock/build.zig.zon.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7ac2f98ab11d..c8e12b5370c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -31767,8 +31767,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   waycorner = callPackage ../applications/misc/waycorner { };
 
-  waylock = callPackage ../applications/misc/waylock { };
-
   wayshot = callPackage ../tools/misc/wayshot { };
 
   waylevel = callPackage ../tools/misc/waylevel { };