diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/pystatus.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/pystatus.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 66450eec6c32..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/pystatus.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, libpulseaudio
-, libnotify
-, gobject-introspection
-, python3Packages
-, extraLibs ? [] }:
-
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
-  # i3pystatus moved to rolling release:
-  # https://github.com/enkore/i3pystatus/issues/584
-  version = "unstable-2020-06-12";
-  pname = "i3pystatus";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "enkore";
-    repo = "i3pystatus";
-    rev = "dad5eb0c5c8a2ecd20c37ade4732586c6e53f44b";
-    sha256 = "18ygvkl92yr69kxsym57k1mc90asdxpz4b943i61qr0s4fc5n4mq";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    gobject-introspection
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ libpulseaudio libnotify ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
-    keyring colour netifaces psutil basiciw pygobject3
-  ] ++ extraLibs;
-
-  makeWrapperArgs = [
-    # LC_TIME != C results in locale.Error: unsupported locale setting
-    "--set" "LC_TIME" "C"
-    "--suffix" "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ":" "${lib.makeLibraryPath [ libpulseaudio ]}"
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    makeWrapperArgs+=(--set GI_TYPELIB_PATH "$GI_TYPELIB_PATH")
-  '';
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    makeWrapper ${python3Packages.python.interpreter} $out/bin/${pname}-python-interpreter \
-      --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$PYTHONPATH" \
-      ''${makeWrapperArgs[@]}
-  '';
-
-  # no tests in tarball
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/enkore/i3pystatus";
-    description = "Complete replacement for i3status";
-    longDescription = ''
-      i3pystatus is a growing collection of python scripts for status output compatible
-      to i3status / i3bar of the i3 window manager.
-    '';
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.igsha ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/i3/i3pystatus/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/i3/i3pystatus/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b06de1abe984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/i3/i3pystatus/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  libpulseaudio,
+  libnotify,
+  gobject-introspection,
+  python3Packages,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
+  fetchpatch2,
+  extraLibs ? [ ],
+}:
+
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  # i3pystatus moved to rolling release:
+  # https://github.com/enkore/i3pystatus/issues/584
+  version = "3.35-unstable-2024-06-13";
+  pname = "i3pystatus";
+  pyproject = true;
+  build-system = [ python3Packages.setuptools ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "enkore";
+    repo = "i3pystatus";
+    rev = "f3c539ad78ad1c54fc36e8439bf3905a784ccb34";
+    sha256 = "3AGREY+elHQk8kaoFp8AHEzk2jNC/ICGYPh2hXo2G/w=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # absolutifies the path to the test data in buds test so it can be run from anywhere
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      # https://github.com/enkore/i3pystatus/pull/869
+      url = "https://github.com/enkore/i3pystatus/commit/7a39c3527566411eb1b3e4f79191839ac4b0424e.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-kSf2Nrypw8CCHC7acDkQXI27178HA3NJlyRWkHyYOGs=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ gobject-introspection ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libpulseaudio
+    libnotify
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ python3Packages.pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ python3Packages.requests ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs =
+    with python3Packages;
+    [
+      keyring
+      colour
+      netifaces
+      psutil
+      basiciw
+      pygobject3
+    ]
+    ++ extraLibs;
+
+  makeWrapperArgs = [
+    # LC_TIME != C results in locale.Error: unsupported locale setting
+    "--set"
+    "LC_TIME"
+    "C"
+    "--suffix"
+    "LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+    ":"
+    "${lib.makeLibraryPath [ libpulseaudio ]}"
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    makeWrapperArgs+=(--set GI_TYPELIB_PATH "$GI_TYPELIB_PATH")
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    makeWrapper ${python3Packages.python.interpreter} $out/bin/${pname}-python-interpreter \
+      --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$PYTHONPATH" \
+      ''${makeWrapperArgs[@]}
+  '';
+
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
+  meta = {
+    mainProgram = "i3pystatus";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/enkore/i3pystatus";
+    description = "Complete replacement for i3status";
+    longDescription = ''
+      i3pystatus is a growing collection of python scripts for status output compatible
+      to i3status / i3bar of the i3 window manager.
+    '';
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      igsha
+      lucasew
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eb9eca8ba719..a181c55235bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -31431,8 +31431,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   i3nator = callPackage ../tools/misc/i3nator { };
 
-  i3pystatus = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/pystatus.nix { };
-
   i3status = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/status.nix { };
 
   i3status-rust = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/status-rust.nix { };