diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/horizon-eda/base.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/horizon-eda/base.nix
index 0292ee493a82..d39fc83823a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/horizon-eda/base.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/horizon-eda/base.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { lib
+, cmake
 , cppzmq
 , curl
 , fetchFromGitHub
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@
 , libgit2
 , librsvg
 , libuuid
+, meson
+, ninja
 , opencascade-occt_7_6
 , pkg-config
 , podofo
@@ -20,16 +23,19 @@ in
 # This base is used in horizon-eda and python3Packages.horizon-eda
 rec {
   pname = "horizon-eda";
-  version = "2.5.0";
+  version = "2.6.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "horizon-eda";
     repo = "horizon";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-UcjbDJR6shyETpanNkRoH8LF8r6gFjsyNHVSCMHKqS8=";
+    hash = "sha256-0ikCR10r/WPb+H+Ut2GO6y4A/9bctJLanL/RR4r9GWs=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    cmake
     pkg-config
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/horizon-eda/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/horizon-eda/default.nix
index 2741dbc3675a..f1b64a71ae32 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/horizon-eda/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/horizon-eda/default.nix
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ buildPythonPackage {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = base.nativeBuildInputs;
 
-  buildFlags = [ "pymodule" ];
+  ninjaFlags = [ "horizon.so" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
 
     mkdir -p $out/${python.sitePackages}
-    cp build/horizon.so $out/${python.sitePackages}
+    cp horizon.so $out/${python.sitePackages}
 
     runHook postInstall
   '';