diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/kotatogram-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/kotatogram-desktop/default.nix
index 02330d110788..d9f9cd91a52d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/kotatogram-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/kotatogram-desktop/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 with lib;
 
 let
-  tg_owt = callPackage ../tdesktop/tg_owt.nix {};
+  tg_owt = callPackage ./tg_owt.nix {};
 in mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "kotatogram-desktop";
   version = "1.4.1";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/kotatogram-desktop/tg_owt.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/kotatogram-desktop/tg_owt.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..614183b72d08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/telegram/kotatogram-desktop/tg_owt.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, cmake, ninja, yasm
+, libjpeg, openssl, libopus, ffmpeg, alsa-lib, libpulseaudio, protobuf
+, xorg, libXtst
+}:
+
+let
+  rev = "2d804d2c9c5d05324c8ab22f2e6ff8306521b3c3";
+  sha256 = "0kz0i381iwsgcc3yzsq7njx3gkqja4bb9fsgc24vhg0md540qhyn";
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "tg_owt";
+  version = "git-${rev}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "desktop-app";
+    repo = "tg_owt";
+    inherit rev sha256;
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config cmake ninja yasm ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libjpeg openssl libopus ffmpeg alsa-lib libpulseaudio protobuf
+    xorg.libX11 libXtst
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    # Building as a shared library isn't officially supported and currently broken:
+    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF"
+  ];
+
+  meta.license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+}