diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-notification-daemon/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-notification-daemon/default.nix
index 2d71ec226d46..027faa67898f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-notification-daemon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-notification-daemon/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  autoconf-archive,
+  autoreconfHook,
   pkg-config,
   gettext,
   glib,
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@
   gtk-layer-shell,
   gtk3,
   libxml2,
+  mate-common,
   mate-desktop,
   mate-panel,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
@@ -19,17 +22,22 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mate-notification-daemon";
-  version = "1.28.3";
+  version = "1.28.5";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-4Azssf+fdbnMwmRFWORDQ7gJQe20A3fdgQDtOSKt9BM=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mate-desktop";
+    repo = "mate-notification-daemon";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-6N6lD63JL9xAtALn9URjYiCEhMZBC9TfIsrdalyY3YY=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoconf-archive
+    autoreconfHook
     pkg-config
     gettext
     libxml2 # for xmllint
+    mate-common # mate-common.m4 macros
     wrapGAppsHook3
   ];