diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix
index 688c0e12d938..a18ee18668b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage
 , python, cython, pkgconfig
 , xorg, gtk, glib, pango, cairo, gdk_pixbuf, pygtk, atk, pygobject, pycairo
-, ffmpeg, x264, libvpx, pil, libwebp }:
+, makeWrapper, xkbcomp, xorgserver, getopt, xauth, utillinux, which, fontsConf, xkeyboard_config
+, ffmpeg, x264, libvpx, pil, libwebp
+, libfakeXinerama }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  name = "xpra-0.11.6";
+  name = "xpra-0.14.19";
   namePrefix = "";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://xpra.org/src/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0n3lr8nrfmrll83lgi1nzalng902wv0dcmcyx4awnman848dxij0";
+    url = "https://www.xpra.org/src/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0jifaysz4br1v0zibnzgd0k02rgybbsysvwrgbar1452sjb3db5m";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -18,25 +20,27 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     xorg.libX11 xorg.renderproto xorg.libXrender xorg.libXi xorg.inputproto xorg.kbproto
     xorg.randrproto xorg.damageproto xorg.compositeproto xorg.xextproto xorg.recordproto
     xorg.xproto xorg.fixesproto xorg.libXtst xorg.libXfixes xorg.libXcomposite xorg.libXdamage
-    xorg.libXrandr
+    xorg.libXrandr xorg.libxkbfile
 
     pango cairo gdk_pixbuf atk gtk glib
 
     ffmpeg libvpx x264 libwebp
+
+    makeWrapper
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     pil pygtk pygobject
   ];
 
-  # Even after i tried monkey patching, their tests just fail, looks like
-  # they don't have automated testing out of the box? http://xpra.org/trac/ticket/177
-  doCheck = false;
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i 's|DEFAULT_XVFB_COMMAND = "Xvfb|DEFAULT_XVFB_COMMAND = "Xvfb -xkbdir ${xkeyboard_config}/etc/X11/xkb|' xpra/platform/features.py
+  '';
 
   preBuild = ''
     export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE $(pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0) $(pkg-config --cflags pygtk-2.0) $(pkg-config --cflags xtst)"
   '';
-  setupPyBuildFlags = ["--enable-Xdummy"];
+  setupPyBuildFlags = ["--with-Xdummy"];
 
   preInstall = ''
     # see https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/issue/130/install_data-doesnt-respect-prefix
@@ -44,9 +48,26 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sed -i '/ = data_files/d' setup.py
   '';
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/xpra \
+      --set XKB_BINDIR "${xkbcomp}/bin" \
+      --set FONTCONFIG_FILE "${fontsConf}" \
+      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${libfakeXinerama}/lib \
+      --prefix PATH : ${getopt}/bin:${xorgserver}/bin:${xauth}/bin:${which}/bin:${utillinux}/bin
+  '';
+
+  #TODO: replace postInstall with postFixup to avoid double wrapping of xpra; needs more work though
+  #postFixup = ''
+  #  sed -i '2iexport XKB_BINDIR="${xkbcomp}/bin"' $out/bin/xpra
+  #  sed -i '3iexport FONTCONFIG_FILE="${fontsConf}"' $out/bin/xpra
+  #  sed -i '4iexport PATH=${getopt}/bin:${xorgserver}/bin:${xauth}/bin:${which}/bin:${utillinux}/bin\${PATH:+:}\$PATH' $out/bin/xpra
+  #'';
+
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://xpra.org/;
     description = "Persistent remote applications for X";
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ tstrobel ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/gtk3.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/gtk3.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..04bcd1195147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/gtk3.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage
+, python, cython, pkgconfig
+, xorg, gtk3, glib, pango, cairo, gdk_pixbuf, atk, pygobject3, pycairo, gobjectIntrospection
+, makeWrapper, xkbcomp, xorgserver, getopt, xauth, utillinux, which, fontsConf, xkeyboard_config
+, ffmpeg, x264, libvpx, libwebp
+, libfakeXinerama }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "xpra-0.14.19";
+  namePrefix = "";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://www.xpra.org/src/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0jifaysz4br1v0zibnzgd0k02rgybbsysvwrgbar1452sjb3db5m";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig
+
+    xorg.libX11 xorg.renderproto xorg.libXrender xorg.libXi xorg.inputproto xorg.kbproto
+    xorg.randrproto xorg.damageproto xorg.compositeproto xorg.xextproto xorg.recordproto
+    xorg.xproto xorg.fixesproto xorg.libXtst xorg.libXfixes xorg.libXcomposite xorg.libXdamage
+    xorg.libXrandr xorg.libxkbfile
+
+    pango cairo gdk_pixbuf atk gtk3 glib gobjectIntrospection
+
+    ffmpeg libvpx x264 libwebp
+
+    makeWrapper
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pygobject3 pycairo cython
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i 's|DEFAULT_XVFB_COMMAND = "Xvfb|DEFAULT_XVFB_COMMAND = "Xvfb -xkbdir ${xkeyboard_config}/etc/X11/xkb|' xpra/platform/features.py
+  '';
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE $(pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0) $(pkg-config --cflags xtst)"
+  '';
+  setupPyBuildFlags = [ "--with-gtk3" "--without-gtk2" "--with-Xdummy" ];
+
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    # see https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/issue/130/install_data-doesnt-respect-prefix
+    ${python}/bin/${python.executable} setup.py install_data --install-dir=$out --root=$out
+    sed -i '/ = data_files/d' setup.py
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/xpra \
+      --set XKB_BINDIR "${xkbcomp}/bin" \
+      --set FONTCONFIG_FILE "${fontsConf}" \
+      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${libfakeXinerama}/lib \
+      --prefix PATH : ${getopt}/bin:${xorgserver}/bin:${xauth}/bin:${which}/bin:${utillinux}/bin
+  '';
+
+  #TODO: replace postInstall with postFixup to avoid double wrapping of xpra; needs more work though
+  #postFixup = ''
+  #  sed -i '2iexport XKB_BINDIR="${xkbcomp}/bin"' $out/bin/xpra
+  #  sed -i '3iexport FONTCONFIG_FILE="${fontsConf}"' $out/bin/xpra
+  #  sed -i '4iexport PATH=${getopt}/bin:${xorgserver}/bin:${xauth}/bin:${which}/bin:${utillinux}/bin\${PATH:+:}\$PATH' $out/bin/xpra
+  #'';
+
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://xpra.org/;
+    description = "Persistent remote applications for X";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/libfakeXinerama.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/libfakeXinerama.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ca509f8b936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/libfakeXinerama.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, libXinerama }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
+  name = "libfakeXinerama-${version}";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://www.xpra.org/src/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0gxb8jska2anbb3c1m8asbglgnwylgdr44x9lr8yh91hjxsqadkx";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 libXinerama ];
+
+  phases = [ "unpackPhase" "buildPhase" "installPhase" ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    gcc -O2 -Wall fakeXinerama.c -fPIC -o libfakeXinerama.so.1.0 -shared
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/lib
+    cp libfakeXinerama.so.1.0 $out/lib
+    ln -s libXinerama.so.1.0 $out/lib/libXinerama.so.1
+    ln -s libXinerama.so.1 $out/lib/libXinerama.so
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://xpra.org/;
+    description = "fakeXinerama for Xpra";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ tstrobel ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4dea95572d6e..c0e75a7cde2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12078,7 +12078,10 @@ let
 
   libxpdf = callPackage ../applications/misc/xpdf/libxpdf.nix { };
 
-  xpra = callPackage ../tools/X11/xpra { };
+  xpra = callPackage ../tools/X11/xpra { inherit (texFunctions) fontsConf; };
+  libfakeXinerama = callPackage ../tools/X11/xpra/libfakeXinerama.nix { inherit (xlibs) libXinerama; };
+  #TODO: 'pil' is not available for python3, yet
+  xpraGtk3 = callPackage ../tools/X11/xpra/gtk3.nix { inherit (texFunctions) fontsConf; inherit (python3Packages) buildPythonPackage python cython pygobject3 pycairo; };
 
   xrestop = callPackage ../tools/X11/xrestop { };