diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ad/adslib/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ad/adslib/package.nix
index f29815505912..72f9602714ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ad/adslib/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ad/adslib/package.nix
@@ -2,23 +2,33 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
+  pkg-config,
   unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "adslib";
-  version = "0-unstable-2021-11-07";
+  version = "0-unstable-2026-04-27";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "stlehmann";
     repo = "ADS";
-    rev = "a894d4512a51f3ada026efbf9553e75ba9351e2e";
-    sha256 = "SEh4yneTM1dfbWRdWlb5gP/uSeoOeE3g7g/rJWSTba8=";
+    rev = "77953d58f2690436e82db9954e2e55878c5edaa4";
+    hash = "sha256-UDPuzqD1krEZa7436k1NvE0lJUmNYG4kiP5fstoRDMc=";
   };
 
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/lib
-    cp adslib.so $out/lib/adslib.so
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    # Downstream consumers (e.g. pyads) load the shared library as
+    # `adslib.so` rather than the meson default `libadslib.so`.
+    ln -s libadslib.so $out/lib/adslib.so
   '';
 
   passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
@@ -28,5 +38,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     homepage = "https://github.com/stlehmann/ADS";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jamiemagee ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
-}
+})