diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-notifyd/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-notifyd/default.nix
index 6a24099dd482..d046c546c25d 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-notifyd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-notifyd/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 {
+  stdenv,
   lib,
-  mkXfceDerivation,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  gettext,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
+  pkg-config,
+  wrapGAppsHook3,
   dbus,
   glib,
   gtk3,
@@ -11,17 +17,34 @@
   libxfce4ui,
   libxfce4util,
   sqlite,
+  systemd,
   xfce4-panel,
   xfconf,
+  gitUpdater,
 }:
 
-mkXfceDerivation {
-  category = "apps";
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "xfce4-notifyd";
   version = "0.9.7";
-  odd-unstable = false;
 
-  sha256 = "sha256-pgdoy3mZOGMOBwK/cYEl8fre4fZo2lfyWzZnrSYlQ64=";
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.xfce.org";
+    owner = "apps";
+    repo = "xfce4-notifyd";
+    tag = "xfce4-notifyd-${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-pgdoy3mZOGMOBwK/cYEl8fre4fZo2lfyWzZnrSYlQ64=";
+  };
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    gettext
+    glib # glib-genmarshal
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+    wrapGAppsHook3
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     dbus
@@ -34,18 +57,21 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
     libxfce4ui
     libxfce4util
     sqlite
+    systemd
     xfce4-panel
     xfconf
   ];
 
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--enable-dbus-start-daemon"
-    "--enable-sound"
-  ];
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
+    rev-prefix = "xfce4-notifyd-";
+  };
 
   meta = {
     description = "Simple notification daemon for Xfce";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-notifyd";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     mainProgram = "xfce4-notifyd-config";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     teams = [ lib.teams.xfce ];
   };
-}
+})