diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/marco/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/marco/default.nix
index 8c6df49fd127..e7e6547284db 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/marco/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/marco/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, gettext, itstool, libxml2, libcanberra-gtk3, libgtop
-, libXdamage, libXpresent, libstartup_notification, gnome, gtk3, mate-settings-daemon, wrapGAppsHook, mateUpdateScript }:
+, libXdamage, libXpresent, libstartup_notification, gnome, glib, gtk3, mate-settings-daemon, wrapGAppsHook, mateUpdateScript }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "marco";
-  version = "1.24.2";
+  version = "1.26.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "19s2y2s9immp86ni3395mgxl605m2wn10m8399y9qkgw2b5m10s9";
+    sha256 = "01avxrg2fc6grfrp6hl8b0im4scy9xf6011swfrhli87ig6hhg7n";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mate-settings-daemon
   ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${glib.dev}/include/gio-unix-2.0";
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   passthru.updateScript = mateUpdateScript { inherit pname version; };