diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-docklike-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-docklike-plugin/default.nix
index 29a916adcce9..3253513edaa9 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-docklike-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-docklike-plugin/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,49 @@
 {
+  stdenv,
   lib,
-  mkXfceDerivation,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  gettext,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
+  pkg-config,
   cairo,
   glib,
   gtk3,
   gtk-layer-shell,
   libX11,
+  libXi,
   libxfce4ui,
   libxfce4util,
-  xfce4-panel,
   libxfce4windowing,
+  xfce4-panel,
+  gitUpdater,
 }:
 
-mkXfceDerivation {
-  category = "panel-plugins";
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "xfce4-docklike-plugin";
-  version = "0.4.3";
-  sha256 = "sha256-cQ9B/sIzp1sq3GXPMtbb8xrfFhWiBS+FDe7/qlWVPdA=";
+  version = "0.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.xfce.org";
+    owner = "panel-plugins";
+    repo = "xfce4-docklike-plugin";
+    tag = "xfce4-docklike-plugin-${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-1R9qQKqn/CIV36GYmyg54t3xiY23qUs5EMLxvAIavK8=";
+  };
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  depsBuildBuild = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    gettext
+    glib # glib-compile-resources
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     cairo
@@ -24,17 +51,20 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
     gtk3
     gtk-layer-shell
     libX11
+    libXi
     libxfce4ui
     libxfce4util
-    xfce4-panel
     libxfce4windowing
+    xfce4-panel
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "xfce4-docklike-plugin-"; };
+
+  meta = {
     homepage = "https://docs.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-docklike-plugin/start";
     description = "Modern, minimalist taskbar for Xfce";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    teams = [ teams.xfce ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    teams = [ lib.teams.xfce ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
-}
+})