diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-menus/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-menus/default.nix
index 9a8a2c1ddcf5..4ae59c13f4d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-menus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-menus/default.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,35 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  autoconf-archive,
+  autoreconfHook,
   pkg-config,
   gettext,
   glib,
   gobject-introspection,
+  mate-common,
   python3,
   mateUpdateScript,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mate-menus";
-  version = "1.28.0";
+  version = "1.28.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "z0DHXH1vCq0dSWmCj8YgJcYiK8aoTwu51urX5FlwUI0=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mate-desktop";
+    repo = "mate-menus";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-GAc9DPsXdswmyNKlbY6cyHBWO2OSKCBygtzttNHN/p4=";
   };
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoconf-archive
+    autoreconfHook
     pkg-config
     gettext
     gobject-introspection
+    mate-common # mate-common.m4 macros
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [