diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/en/engrampa/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/en/engrampa/package.nix
index ecb5a343fcd9..1bf70a46bda3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/en/engrampa/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/en/engrampa/package.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  autoconf-archive,
+  autoreconfHook,
   pkg-config,
   gettext,
   itstool,
@@ -10,8 +12,10 @@
   gtk3,
   hicolor-icon-theme,
   json-glib,
+  mate-common,
   mate-desktop,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
+  yelp-tools,
   gitUpdater,
   # can be defaulted to true once switch to meson
   withMagic ? stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform,
@@ -20,19 +24,26 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "engrampa";
-  version = "1.28.2";
+  version = "1.28.3";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${lib.versions.majorMinor finalAttrs.version}/engrampa-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-Hpl3wjdFv4hDo38xUXHZr5eBSglxrqw9d08BdlCsCe8=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mate-desktop";
+    repo = "engrampa";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+    hash = "sha256-bmqCsbGz49wda1sMiAvG3XTGpFEwMvDx8ojuzxZ9MAI=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoconf-archive
+    autoreconfHook
     pkg-config
     gettext
     itstool
     libxml2 # for xmllint
+    mate-common # mate-common.m4 macros
     wrapGAppsHook3
+    yelp-tools
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -56,7 +67,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
-    url = "https://git.mate-desktop.org/engrampa";
     odd-unstable = true;
     rev-prefix = "v";
   };