diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin/default.nix
index 420fd62b68d6..3ae26029e889 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin/default.nix
@@ -2,19 +2,20 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
+  fetchpatch,
   gettext,
   pkg-config,
+  xfce4-dev-tools,
   glib,
   gtk3,
   json_c,
   libxml2,
-  libsoup_2_4,
+  libsoup_3,
   upower,
   libxfce4ui,
   libxfce4util,
   xfce4-panel,
   xfconf,
-  hicolor-icon-theme,
   gitUpdater,
 }:
 
@@ -31,9 +32,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-AC0f5jkG0vOgEvPLWMzv8d+8xGZ1njbHbTsD3QHA3Fc=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Port to libsoup-3.0
+    # https://gitlab.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin/-/merge_requests/28
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin/-/commit/c0653a903c6f2cecdf41ac9eaeba4f4617656ffe.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-wAowm4ppBSKvYwOowZbbs5pnTh9EQ9XX05lA81wtsRM=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin/-/commit/279c975dc1f95bd1ce9152eee1d19122e7deb9a8.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-gVfyXkE0bjBfvcQU9fDp+Gm59bD3VbAam04Jak8i31k=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     gettext
     pkg-config
+    xfce4-dev-tools
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -41,15 +56,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gtk3
     json_c
     libxml2
-    libsoup_2_4
+    libsoup_3
     upower
     libxfce4ui
     libxfce4util
     xfce4-panel
     xfconf
-    hicolor-icon-theme
   ];
 
+  configureFlags = [ "--enable-maintainer-mode" ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {