diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/auto-disable-incompatible-compiler-warnings.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/auto-disable-incompatible-compiler-warnings.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..85806bfcd892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/auto-disable-incompatible-compiler-warnings.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index d5c3627..2bd692a 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ govirt_global_cflags = ['-std=c99',
+                         '-Woverride-init',
+                         '-Wno-unused-parameter']
+
+-foreach arg : govirt_global_cflags
++foreach arg : compiler.get_supported_arguments(govirt_global_cflags)
+   add_project_arguments(arg, language : 'c')
+ endforeach
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/default.nix
index 0815781c21f7..c93f8a689730 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/default.nix
@@ -1,46 +1,48 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, glib
+, fetchzip
 , gnome
-, librest
-, libsoup
+, meson
 , pkg-config
 , gobject-introspection
+, ninja
+, glib
+, librest_1_0
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libgovirt";
-  version = "0.3.8";
+  version = "0.3.9";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
-  src = fetchurl {
+  src = fetchzip {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/libgovirt/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "HckYYikXa9+p8l/Y+oLAoFi2pgwcyAfHUH7IqTwPHfg=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-6RDuJTyaVYlO4Kq+niQyepom6xj1lqdBbyWL/VnZUdk=";
   };
 
-  patches = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
-    # The flag breaks the build on darwin and doesn't seem necessary
-    ./no-version-script-ld-flag.patch
+  patches = [
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgovirt/-/issues/9
+    ./auto-disable-incompatible-compiler-warnings.patch
   ];
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isClang (lib.concatStringsSep " " [
+    "-Wno-typedef-redefinition"
+    "-Wno-missing-field-initializers"
+    "-Wno-cast-align"
+  ]);
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
     pkg-config
     gobject-introspection
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    libsoup
+    ninja
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     glib
-    librest
+    librest_1_0
   ];
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome.updateScript {
       packageName = pname;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/no-version-script-ld-flag.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/no-version-script-ld-flag.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a837c3bf0642..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/no-version-script-ld-flag.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- a/govirt/Makefile.in
-+++ b/govirt/Makefile.in
-@@ -511,8 +511,7 @@
- libgovirt_la_LDFLAGS = \
- 	-version-info $(LT_CURRENT):$(LT_REVISION):$(LT_AGE)	\
- 	-export-dynamic						\
--	-no-undefined						\
--	-Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/govirt.sym
-+	-no-undefined
- 
- libgovirt_la_CFLAGS = \
- 	$(WARNINGFLAGS_C)
-
-Diff finished.  Fri Oct 28 10:36:38 2022
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-viewer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-viewer/default.nix
index 2e8aa34286a6..0e24dd9b08f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-viewer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-viewer/default.nix
@@ -3,14 +3,20 @@
 , bash-completion
 , fetchurl
 , fetchpatch
-, gdbm ? null
+, gdbm
 , glib
 , gsettings-desktop-schemas
 , gtk-vnc
 , gtk3
 , intltool
-, libcap ? null
+, libcap
 , libgovirt
+  # Currently unsupported. According to upstream, libgovirt is for a very narrow
+  # use-case and we don't currently cover it in Nixpkgs. It's safe to disable.
+  # https://gitlab.com/virt-viewer/virt-viewer/-/issues/100#note_1265011223
+  # Can be enabled again once this is merged:
+  # https://gitlab.com/virt-viewer/virt-viewer/-/merge_requests/129
+, ovirtSupport ? false
 , libvirt
 , libvirt-glib
 , libxml2
@@ -19,21 +25,13 @@
 , pkg-config
 , python3
 , shared-mime-info
-# https://gitlab.com/virt-viewer/virt-viewer/-/issues/88
-, spice-gtk_libsoup2 ? null
-, spice-protocol ? null
+, spice-gtk
+, spice-protocol
 , spiceSupport ? true
 , vte
 , wrapGAppsHook
 }:
 
-assert spiceSupport -> (
-  gdbm != null
-  && (stdenv.isLinux -> libcap != null)
-  && spice-gtk_libsoup2 != null
-  && spice-protocol != null
-);
-
 with lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -46,10 +44,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   patches = [
-    # Fix build with meson 0.61
-    # https://gitlab.com/virt-viewer/virt-viewer/-/merge_requests/117
+    # Fix build with meson 0.61. Should be fixed in the next release.
+    # https://gitlab.com/virt-viewer/virt-viewer/-/merge_requests/120
     (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://gitlab.com/virt-viewer/virt-viewer/-/commit/ed19e51407bee53988878a6ebed4e7279d00b1a1.patch";
+      url = "https://gitlab.com/virt-viewer/virt-viewer/-/commit/98d9f202ef768f22ae21b5c43a080a1aa64a7107.patch";
       sha256 = "sha256-3AbnkbhWOh0aNjUkmVoSV/9jFQtvTllOr7plnkntb2o=";
     })
   ];
@@ -71,21 +69,26 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gsettings-desktop-schemas
     gtk-vnc
     gtk3
-    libgovirt
     libvirt
     libvirt-glib
     libxml2
     vte
+  ] ++ optionals ovirtSupport [
+    libgovirt
   ] ++ optionals spiceSupport ([
     gdbm
-    spice-gtk_libsoup2
+    spice-gtk
     spice-protocol
   ] ++ optionals stdenv.isLinux [
     libcap
   ]);
 
   # Required for USB redirection PolicyKit rules file
-  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = optional spiceSupport spice-gtk_libsoup2;
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = optional spiceSupport spice-gtk;
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    (lib.mesonEnable "ovirt" ovirtSupport)
+  ];
 
   strictDeps = true;