diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wi/wings/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wi/wings/package.nix
index ee8df8dea284..c6c9fb52fa5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wi/wings/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wi/wings/package.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,48 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, erlang, cl, libGL, libGLU, runtimeShell }:
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  erlang,
+  cl,
+  libGL,
+  libGLU,
+  runtimeShell,
+  git,
+  eigen,
+  libigl,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "wings";
-  version = "2.2.4";
+  version = "2.4.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/wings/wings-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1xcmifs4vq2810pqqvsjsm8z3lz24ys4c05xkh82nyppip2s89a3";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dgud";
+    repo = "wings";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-3ulWbAOtYujaymN50u7buvnBdtYMEAe8Ji3arvPUH/s=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/dgud/wings/commit/94b3a3c6a0cfdcdbd98edce055d5c83ecb361f37.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-DHT1TiYoowloIWrdutBu70mL+557cTFr1dRcNgwbkpE=";
-    })
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ git ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    erlang
+    cl
+    libGL
+    libGLU
+    eigen
+    libigl
+    cl
   ];
 
+  preBuildPhases = [ "setupDepsPhase" ];
+  setupDepsPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p _deps/eigen _deps/libigl
+    ln -s ${eigen}/include/eigen3/* _deps/eigen/
+    ln -s ${libigl}/include/* _deps/libigl/
+    ln -s ${cl}/lib/erlang/lib/cl* _deps/cl
+  '';
+
   postPatch = ''
     find . -type f -name "Makefile" -exec sed -i 's,-Werror ,,' {} \;
     sed -i 's,../../wings/,../,' icons/Makefile
@@ -25,31 +52,65 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     find . -type f -name "*.[eh]rl" -exec sed -i 's,wings/src/,../src/,' {} \;
     find . -type f -name "*.[eh]rl" -exec sed -i 's,wings/e3d/,../e3d/,' {} \;
     find . -type f -name "*.[eh]rl" -exec sed -i 's,wings/intl_tools/,../intl_tools/,' {} \;
+    echo "${version}" > version
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ erlang cl libGL libGLU ];
+  makeFlags = [
+    "TYPE=opt"
+    "WINGS_VSN=${version}"
+  ];
 
-  ERL_LIBS = "${cl}/lib/erlang/lib";
+  preBuild = ''
+    mkdir -p priv
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+
+    make TYPE=opt WINGS_VSN=${version}
+    cd c_src
+    make
+    cd ..
+
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
+
+  postBuild = ''
+    test -d ebin || exit 1
+    test -d priv || exit 1
+  '';
 
   # I did not test the *cl* part. I added the -pa just by imitation.
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/lib/wings-${version}/ebin
-    cp ebin/* $out/lib/wings-${version}/ebin
-    cp -R textures shaders plugins $out/lib/wings-${version}
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/lib/wings-${version}/ebin $out/lib/wings-${version}/priv
+    cp -R ebin/* $out/lib/wings-${version}/ebin/
+    cp -R textures shaders plugins $out/lib/wings-${version}/
+    cp -R priv/* $out/lib/wings-${version}/priv/ || true
+    if [ -d c_src ]; then
+      find c_src -name "*.so" -exec cp {} $out/lib/wings-${version}/priv/ \;
+    fi
     cat << EOF > $out/bin/wings
     #!${runtimeShell}
     ${erlang}/bin/erl \
       -pa $out/lib/wings-${version}/ebin -run wings_start start_halt "$@"
     EOF
     chmod +x $out/bin/wings
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.wings3d.com/";
     description = "Subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware";
     license = lib.licenses.tcltk;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = with lib.platforms; linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     mainProgram = "wings";
   };
 }