diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liblxi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblxi/default.nix
index 1ca4043a024d..b63f3d9df0d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/liblxi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblxi/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
-, pkg-config, autoreconfHook
+, meson, ninja, pkg-config, cmake
 , libtirpc, rpcsvc-proto, avahi, libxml2
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "liblxi";
-  version = "1.13";
+  version = "1.18";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "lxi-tools";
     repo = "liblxi";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "129m0k2wrlgs25qkskynljddqspasla1x8iq51vmg38nhnilpqf6";
+    sha256 = "sha256-2tZWIN58J6zNHG3dahNfg5eNiS8ykWFQyRSyikuzdjE=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config rpcsvc-proto ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja cmake pkg-config rpcsvc-proto ];
 
   buildInputs = [ libtirpc avahi libxml2 ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/lxi-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/lxi-tools/default.nix
index 92ef7f688a5a..c71376a5021b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/lxi-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/lxi-tools/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,42 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
-, autoreconfHook, pkg-config
-, liblxi, readline, lua
+, meson, ninja, cmake, pkg-config
+, liblxi, readline, lua, bash-completion
+, wrapGAppsHook
+, glib, gtk4, gtksourceview5, libadwaita, json-glib
+, desktop-file-utils, appstream-glib
+, gsettings-desktop-schemas
+, withGui ? false
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "lxi-tools";
-  version = "1.21";
+  version = "2.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "lxi-tools";
     repo = "lxi-tools";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0rkp6ywsw2zv7hpbr12kba79wkcwqin7xagxxhd968rbfkfdxlwc";
+    sha256 = "sha256-c53Jn/9xKsxQDsRWU2LKtNWs28AuG4t5OwYOAMxpcPA=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson ninja cmake pkg-config
+  ] ++ lib.optional withGui wrapGAppsHook;
 
-  buildInputs = [ liblxi readline lua ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    liblxi readline lua bash-completion
+  ] ++ lib.optionals withGui [
+    glib gtk4 gtksourceview5 libadwaita json-glib
+    desktop-file-utils appstream-glib
+    gsettings-desktop-schemas
+  ];
+
+  postUnpack = "sed -i '/meson.add_install.*$/d' source/meson.build";
+
+  mesonFlags = lib.optional (!withGui) "-Dgui=false";
+
+  postInstall = lib.optionalString withGui
+    "glib-compile-schemas $out/share/glib-2.0/schemas";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tool for communicating with LXI compatible instruments";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a50f0c9093f2..fcb049f54fc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -30213,6 +30213,7 @@ with pkgs;
   lv2-cpp-tools = callPackage ../applications/audio/lv2-cpp-tools { };
 
   lxi-tools = callPackage ../tools/networking/lxi-tools { };
+  lxi-tools-gui = callPackage ../tools/networking/lxi-tools { withGui = true; };
 
   lynx = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/lynx { };