diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfdashboard/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfdashboard/default.nix
index 54101465e6c0..29df0de640a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfdashboard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfdashboard/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 {
+  stdenv,
   lib,
-  mkXfceDerivation,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  fetchpatch,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
+  pkg-config,
+  wrapGAppsHook3,
   clutter,
   gettext,
   libXcomposite,
@@ -14,26 +20,48 @@
   xfconf,
   gtk3,
   glib,
-  dbus-glib,
+  gitUpdater,
 }:
 
-mkXfceDerivation {
-  category = "apps";
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "xfdashboard";
-  version = "1.0.0-unstable-2025-07-18";
-  # Fix build with gettext 0.25
-  rev = "93255940950ef5bc89cab729c8b977a706f98e0c";
-  rev-prefix = "";
+  version = "1.1.0";
 
-  sha256 = "sha256-Qv0ASuJF0FzPoeLx2D6/kXkxnOJV7mdAFD6PCk+CMac=";
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.xfce.org";
+    owner = "apps";
+    repo = "xfdashboard";
+    tag = "xfdashboard-${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-D8Tue+45CO5yy7sxealKQoFQZobCiDUzoxCsDksTTxI=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # Exit early if not on X11
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfdashboard/-/commit/7452a7074dfc36c5af42c4105aadaac8656c2f60.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-u0djTProV3On0uutg89Q+psgmVGJS768KwiYxZ7dhrE=";
+    })
+
+    # build: Fix version/so_version inversion
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfdashboard/-/commit/20f23e62576d186fada6688af3bb05bc7f223f44.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-C2oIBi9tfoQF123Ez3YbFUs8vX2DeYdr3BDc85ExTgQ=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  strictDeps = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     gettext
+    glib # glib-genmarshal
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+    wrapGAppsHook3
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     clutter
-    dbus-glib
     garcon
     glib
     gtk3
@@ -47,8 +75,14 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
     xfconf
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Gnome shell like dashboard";
-    teams = [ teams.xfce ];
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "xfdashboard-"; };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "GNOME shell like dashboard";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfdashboard";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    mainProgram = "xfdashboard";
+    teams = [ lib.teams.xfce ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
-}
+})