diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libinotify-kqueue/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libinotify-kqueue/package.nix
index f797660b0b79..130a3e803382 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libinotify-kqueue/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libinotify-kqueue/package.nix
@@ -2,23 +2,42 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   autoreconfHook,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libinotify-kqueue";
-  version = "20180201";
+  version = "20240724";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libinotify-kqueue";
     repo = "libinotify-kqueue";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-9A5s8rPGlRv3KbxOukk0VB2IQrDxVjklO5RB+IA1cDY=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-m59GWrx5C+JXDbhVdKx+SNSn8wwIKyW+KlXabNi17A0=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/libinotify-kqueue/libinotify-kqueue/pull/23
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "add-configure-caching.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/libinotify-kqueue/libinotify-kqueue/commit/81a8f05c1ce6df819dc898f3754c9c874ee24b10.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-imKS2DuQrHSMnJH1gOYrVSeWTe2nhcl8Gm9IX5B9ZqI=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  configureFlags =
+    lib.optionals (with stdenv; buildPlatform != hostPlatform && hostPlatform.isFreeBSD)
+      [
+        "ik_cv_have_note_extend_in=yes"
+        "ik_cv_have_note_extend_out=yes"
+        "ik_cv_have_o_path=yes"
+        "ik_cv_have_o_empty_path=yes"
+        "ik_cv_have_at_empty_path=yes"
+      ];
+
   checkFlags = [ "test" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {