diff --git a/pkgs/games/freeciv/default.nix b/pkgs/games/freeciv/default.nix
index f5c1ff0ea3f4..b1d215912a0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/freeciv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/freeciv/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, lua5_3, pkg-config, python3
-, zlib, bzip2, curl, xz, gettext, libiconv
-, sdlClient ? true, SDL, SDL_mixer, SDL_image, SDL_ttf, SDL_gfx, freetype, fluidsynth
-, gtkClient ? false, gtk3, wrapGAppsHook
+, zlib, bzip2, curl, xz, gettext, libiconv, icu
+, SDL2, SDL2_mixer, SDL2_image, SDL2_ttf, SDL2_gfx, freetype, fluidsynth
+, sdl2Client ? false
+, gtkClient ? true, gtk3, wrapGAppsHook
 , qtClient ? false, qt5
 , server ? true, readline
 , enableSqlite ? true, sqlite
@@ -9,13 +10,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "freeciv";
-  version = "2.6.6";
+  version = "3.0.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "freeciv";
     repo = "freeciv";
     rev = "R${lib.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "_" ] version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-D5t6sMpm09jbixs5MCghBeDbeuRbGmrrfWR91VNolRM=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Nzc6Tirj6TKLgTYN5XjZZut9HVYLKGOp1GZeaoqEtW8=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optional qtClient [ qt5.wrapQtAppsHook ]
     ++ lib.optional gtkClient [ wrapGAppsHook ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ lua5_3 zlib bzip2 curl xz gettext libiconv ]
-    ++ lib.optionals sdlClient [ SDL SDL_mixer SDL_image SDL_ttf SDL_gfx freetype fluidsynth ]
+  buildInputs = [ lua5_3 zlib bzip2 curl xz gettext libiconv icu ]
+    ++ [ SDL2 SDL2_mixer SDL2_image SDL2_ttf SDL2_gfx freetype fluidsynth ]
     ++ lib.optionals gtkClient [ gtk3 ]
     ++ lib.optionals qtClient  [ qt5.qtbase ]
     ++ lib.optional server readline
@@ -39,8 +40,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   dontWrapQtApps = true;
   dontWrapGApps = true;
 
+  # configure is not smart enough to look for SDL2 headers under
+  # .../SDL2, but thankfully $SDL2_PATH is almost exactly what we want
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export CPPFLAGS="$(echo $SDL2_PATH | sed 's#/nix/store/#-I/nix/store/#g')"
+  '';
   configureFlags = [ "--enable-shared" ]
-    ++ lib.optional sdlClient "--enable-client=sdl"
+    ++ lib.optionals sdl2Client [
+      "--enable-client=sdl2"
+      "--enable-sdl-mixer=sdl2"
+    ]
     ++ lib.optionals qtClient [
       "--enable-client=qt"
       "--with-qt5-includes=${qt5.qtbase.dev}/include"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5d53db14aa9d..9e2a1c38e275 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -31803,20 +31803,25 @@ with pkgs;
   freecell-solver = callPackage ../games/freecell-solver { };
 
   freeciv = callPackage ../games/freeciv {
-    autoreconfHook = buildPackages.autoreconfHook269;
-    qt5 = qt514;
+    sdl2Client = false;
+    gtkClient = true;
+    qtClient = false;
   };
 
-  freeciv_gtk = freeciv.override {
-    gtkClient = true;
-    sdlClient = false;
+  freeciv_sdl2 = freeciv.override {
+    sdl2Client = true;
+    gtkClient = false;
+    qtClient = false;
   };
 
   freeciv_qt = freeciv.override {
+    sdl2Client = false;
+    gtkClient = false;
     qtClient = true;
-    sdlClient = false;
   };
 
+  freeciv_gtk = freeciv;
+
   freedink = callPackage ../games/freedink { };
 
   freeorion = callPackage ../games/freeorion { };