diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/tumbler/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/tumbler/default.nix
index d5c94785967b..721c7601ef34 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/tumbler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/tumbler/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 {
+  stdenv,
   lib,
-  mkXfceDerivation,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  gettext,
+  pkg-config,
+  xfce4-dev-tools,
+  wrapGAppsNoGuiHook,
   ffmpegthumbnailer,
   gdk-pixbuf,
   glib,
@@ -15,14 +20,27 @@
   gst_all_1,
   webp-pixbuf-loader,
   libxfce4util,
+  gitUpdater,
 }:
 
-mkXfceDerivation {
-  category = "xfce";
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "tumbler";
   version = "4.20.1";
 
-  sha256 = "sha256-p4lAFNvCakqrsDa2FP0xbc/khx6eYqAlHwWkk8yEB7Y=";
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.xfce.org";
+    owner = "xfce";
+    repo = "tumbler";
+    tag = "tumbler-${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-p4lAFNvCakqrsDa2FP0xbc/khx6eYqAlHwWkk8yEB7Y=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    gettext
+    pkg-config
+    xfce4-dev-tools
+    wrapGAppsNoGuiHook
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     libxfce4util
@@ -58,8 +76,19 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
     wrapGApp $out/lib/tumbler-1/tumblerd
   '';
 
+  configureFlags = [ "--enable-maintainer-mode" ];
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
+    rev-prefix = "tumbler-";
+    odd-unstable = true;
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "D-Bus thumbnailer service";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/tumbler";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     teams = [ lib.teams.xfce ];
   };
-}
+})