diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sc/scenefx/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sc/scenefx/package.nix
index ee92339b9a1f..6514cec7fc1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sc/scenefx/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sc/scenefx/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   meson,
   ninja,
-  wlroots,
+  wlroots_0_17,
   scdoc,
   pkg-config,
   wayland,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pixman
     wayland
     wayland-protocols
-    wlroots
+    wlroots_0_17
   ];
 
   passthru.tests.pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sw/swayfx-unwrapped/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sw/swayfx-unwrapped/package.nix
index b90220a7c1ff..1edc6d3d4cb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sw/swayfx-unwrapped/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sw/swayfx-unwrapped/package.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   scenefx,
   wayland-scanner,
   xcbutilwm,
-  wlroots,
+  wlroots_0_17,
   testers,
   nixosTests,
   # Used by the NixOS module:
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     scenefx
     wayland
     wayland-protocols
-    (wlroots.override { inherit (finalAttrs) enableXWayland; })
+    (wlroots_0_17.override { inherit (finalAttrs) enableXWayland; })
   ] ++ lib.optionals finalAttrs.enableXWayland [ xcbutilwm ];
 
   mesonFlags =
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix
index 687a51832f96..81b7b9140ae7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 , glslang
 , libliftoff
 , libdisplay-info
+, lcms2
 , nixosTests
 
 , enableXWayland ? true
@@ -137,5 +138,19 @@ rec {
     ];
   };
 
-  wlroots = wlroots_0_17;
+  wlroots_0_18 = generic {
+    version = "0.18.0";
+    hash = "sha256-LiRnvu7qCbfSg+ONWVCtWwdzxxFZHfbgmy7zApCIW40=";
+    extraNativeBuildInputs = [
+      hwdata
+    ];
+    extraBuildInputs = [
+      ffmpeg
+      libliftoff
+      libdisplay-info
+      lcms2
+    ];
+  };
+
+  wlroots = wlroots_0_18;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eef9c18296a8..cc9e1a55b1ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -31238,6 +31238,7 @@ with pkgs;
   inherit (callPackages ../development/libraries/wlroots {})
     wlroots_0_16
     wlroots_0_17
+    wlroots_0_18
     wlroots;
 
   sway-contrib = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackages ../applications/misc/sway-contrib { });