diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix
index 6e8680685604..f6f1748a32b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
+  stdenv,
   lib,
-  mkXfceDerivation,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
   exo,
   gtk3,
   libcanberra,
@@ -9,17 +10,36 @@
   libxfce4ui,
   libxfce4util,
   libxfce4windowing,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
+  pkg-config,
   xfce4-panel,
   xfconf,
   keybinder3,
   glib,
+  gitUpdater,
 }:
 
-mkXfceDerivation {
-  category = "panel-plugins";
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin";
-  version = "0.4.9";
-  sha256 = "sha256-bJp4HicAFPuRATDHus0DfJFy1c6gw6Tkpd2UN7SXqsI=";
+  version = "0.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.xfce.org";
+    owner = "panel-plugins";
+    repo = "xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin";
+    tag = "xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin-${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-FIEV99AV5UiGLTXi9rU4DKK//SolkrOQfpENXQcy64E=";
+  };
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    glib # glib-compile-resources
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     exo
@@ -36,8 +56,13 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
     xfconf
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin-"; };
+
+  meta = {
     description = "Adjust the audio volume of the PulseAudio sound system";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ] ++ teams.xfce.members;
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = lib.teams.xfce.members;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
-}
+})