diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-dict/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-dict/default.nix
index 59862d182a86..e5adef9a0bb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-dict/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-dict/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,40 @@
 {
+  stdenv,
   lib,
-  mkXfceDerivation,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
+  pkg-config,
+  wrapGAppsHook3,
   glib,
   gtk3,
   libxfce4ui,
   libxfce4util,
   xfce4-panel,
+  gitUpdater,
 }:
 
-mkXfceDerivation {
-  category = "apps";
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "xfce4-dict";
-  version = "0.8.8";
+  version = "0.8.9";
 
-  sha256 = "sha256-nVpEeOSSfXCIxuIj0qie+oi8FVRiVUmDMPZZwIZ9L/k=";
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.xfce.org";
+    owner = "apps";
+    repo = "xfce4-dict";
+    tag = "xfce4-dict-${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-cl5TnPlgGUZ4esdkptyXO+LagdAboSzR4m0cCre9RHA=";
+  };
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    glib # glib-compile-resources
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+    wrapGAppsHook3
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     glib
@@ -23,9 +44,14 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
     xfce4-panel
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "xfce4-dict-"; };
+
+  meta = {
     description = "Dictionary Client for the Xfce desktop environment";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-dict";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     mainProgram = "xfce4-dict";
-    teams = [ teams.xfce ];
+    teams = [ lib.teams.xfce ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
-}
+})