diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gm/gmsh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gm/gmsh/package.nix
index d0be8fc8fc50..c2b341e5f15e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gm/gmsh/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gm/gmsh/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
-  fetchpatch,
+  makeDesktopItem,
+  copyDesktopItems,
   cmake,
   blas,
   lapack,
@@ -16,22 +17,30 @@
   xorg,
   opencascade-occt,
   llvmPackages,
-  python ? null,
+  python3Packages,
   enablePython ? false,
 }:
 
 assert (!blas.isILP64) && (!lapack.isILP64);
-assert enablePython -> (python != null);
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "gmsh";
-  version = "4.13.1";
+  version = "4.14.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://gmsh.info/src/gmsh-${version}-source.tgz";
-    hash = "sha256-d5chRfQxcmAm1QWWpqRPs8HJXCElUhjWaVWAa4btvo0=";
+    url = "https://gmsh.info/src/gmsh-${finalAttrs.version}-source.tgz";
+    hash = "sha256-2019ogYumkNWqCCDITirmfl69jiL/rIVmaLq37C3aig=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    gfortran
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optional (
+    enablePython && stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform
+  ) python3Packages.pythonImportsCheckHook
+  ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux copyDesktopItems;
+
   buildInputs = [
     blas
     lapack
@@ -54,22 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     xorg.libSM
     xorg.libICE
   ]
-  ++ lib.optional stdenv.cc.isClang llvmPackages.openmp
-  ++ lib.optional enablePython python;
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/-/commit/7d5094fb0a5245cb435afd3f3e8c35e2ecfe70fd.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-3atm1NGsMI4KEct2xakRG6EasRpF6YRI4raoVYxBV4g=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace api/gmsh.py \
-      --replace-fail 'find_library("gmsh")' \"$out/lib/libgmsh${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}\"
-  '';
+  ++ lib.optional stdenv.cc.isClang llvmPackages.openmp;
 
   # N.B. the shared object is used by bindings
   cmakeFlags = [
@@ -78,23 +72,46 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DENABLE_OPENMP=ON"
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    gfortran
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  desktopItems = [
+    (makeDesktopItem {
+      name = "gmsh";
+      exec = "gmsh";
+      comment = finalAttrs.meta.description;
+      desktopName = "Gmsh";
+      genericName = "3D Mesh Generator";
+      categories = [
+        "Science"
+        "Math"
+      ];
+      icon = "gmsh";
+    })
   ];
 
-  postFixup = lib.optionalString enablePython ''
-    mkdir -p $out/lib/python${python.pythonVersion}/site-packages
-    mv $out/lib/gmsh.py $out/lib/python${python.pythonVersion}/site-packages
-    mv $out/lib/*.dist-info $out/lib/python${python.pythonVersion}/site-packages
-  '';
+  postInstall =
+    let
+      logo = fetchurl {
+        url = "https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/gmsh/-/raw/d2d8b4e3488c7b0f51879f809f624b537b4bd28f/debian/gmsh.svg";
+        hash = "sha256-p69Cju3bn1ShWmESOSOmJj0x3IYDGI9oD25SFTh2GLo=";
+      };
+    in
+    lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
+      install -Dm644 ${logo} $out/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/gmsh.svg
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString enablePython ''
+      mkdir -p $out/${python3Packages.python.sitePackages}
+      mv $out/lib/gmsh.py $out/${python3Packages.python.sitePackages}
+      mv $out/lib/*.dist-info $out/${python3Packages.python.sitePackages}
+    '';
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "gmsh" ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator";
     mainProgram = "gmsh";
     homepage = "https://gmsh.info/";
+    changelog = "https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/-/releases/gmsh_${lib.concatStringsSep "_" (lib.versions.splitVersion finalAttrs.version)}#changelog";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2d3c984bebaf..c85cb1d2f56b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5897,7 +5897,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   gmsh = toPythonModule (
     pkgs.gmsh.override {
-      inherit (self) python;
+      python3Packages = self;
       enablePython = true;
     }
   );