diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
index 9f11a141ff43..e1ee9b2d145d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,31 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig
-, libX11, libXinerama, pango, cairo
+, libX11, libxkbcommon, pango, cairo, glib
+, libxcb, xcbutil, xcbutilwm, which, git
 , libstartup_notification, i3Support ? false, i3
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "rofi-${version}";
-  version = "0.15.12";
+  version = "1.0.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "112fgx2awsw1xf1983bmy3jvs33qwyi8qj7j59jqc4gx07nv1rp5";
+    url = "https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/releases/download/${version}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0ard95pjgykafm5ga8lfy7x206f07lrc6kara5s9irlhdgblq2m5";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig libX11 libXinerama pango
-                  cairo libstartup_notification
+  preConfigure = ''
+    patchShebangs "script"
+    # root not present in build /etc/passwd
+    sed -i 's/~root/~nobody/g' test/helper-expand.c
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig libX11 libxkbcommon pango
+                  cairo libstartup_notification libxcb xcbutil xcbutilwm
+                  which git
                 ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional i3Support i3;
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
       description = "Window switcher, run dialog and dmenu replacement";
       homepage = https://davedavenport.github.io/rofi;