diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gu/gubbi-font/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gu/gubbi-font/package.nix
index bd141293b31b..0841242b1b7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gu/gubbi-font/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gu/gubbi-font/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   fontforge,
+  installFonts,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -12,21 +13,28 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "aravindavk";
     repo = "gubbi";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     sha256 = "10w9i3pmjvs1b3xclrgn4q5a95ss4ipldbxbqrys2dmfivx7i994";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ fontforge ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    fontforge
+    installFonts
+  ];
 
   dontConfigure = true;
 
   preBuild = "patchShebangs generate.pe";
 
-  installPhase = "install -Dm444 -t $out/share/fonts/truetype/ Gubbi.ttf";
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     inherit (finalAttrs.src.meta) homepage;
     description = "Kannada font";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ pancaek ];
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
   };