diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xrgears/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xrgears/default.nix
index 20e01a1701da..ac73412117cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xrgears/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xrgears/default.nix
@@ -9,18 +9,22 @@
 , vulkan-headers
 , vulkan-loader
 , xxd
+, SDL2
+, makeWrapper
+, libGL
+, glib
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "xrgears";
-  version = "unstable-2020-04-15";
+  version = "unstable-2021-06-19";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
     owner = "monado";
     repo = "demos/xrgears";
-    rev = "d0bee35fbf8f181e8313f1ead13d88c4fb85c154";
-    sha256 = "1k0k8dkclyiav99kf0933kyd2ymz3hs1p0ap2wbciq9s62jgz29i";
+    rev = "6331b98e065494995c9cc4b48ccdd9d5ccaef461";
+    sha256 = "sha256-buw2beTPIWScq+3VQjUyF+uOwS6VF+mnAPHZ2eFGZjc=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -29,6 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ninja
     pkg-config
     xxd
+    makeWrapper
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -36,8 +41,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     openxr-loader
     vulkan-headers
     vulkan-loader
+    glib
   ];
 
+  fixupPhase = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/xrgears \
+      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${lib.makeLibraryPath [ SDL2 libGL ]}
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/monado/demos/xrgears";
     description = "An OpenXR example using Vulkan for rendering";