diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnotify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnotify/default.nix
index f51383833417..aacadc5ea0ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnotify/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnotify/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 , meson
 , ninja
 , pkgconfig
-, fetchpatch
+, libxslt
+, docbook-xsl-ns
 , glib
 , gdk-pixbuf
 , gobject-introspection
@@ -12,24 +13,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libnotify";
-  version = "0.7.8";
+  version = "0.7.9";
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+  outputs = [ "out" "man" "dev" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1371csx0n92g60b5dmai4mmzdnx8081mc3kcgc6a0xipcq5rw839";
+    sha256 = "ZsBRftFt968ljoMgj6r1Bpcn39ZplcS7xRwWlU1nR2E=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Fix darwin build
-    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libnotify/merge_requests/9
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libnotify/commit/55eb69247fe2b479ea43311503042fc03bf4e67d.patch";
-      sha256 = "1hlb5b7c5axiyir1i5j2pi94bm2gyr1ybkp6yaqy7yk6iiqlvv50";
-    })
-  ];
-
   mesonFlags = [
     # disable tests as we don't need to depend on GTK (2/3)
     "-Dtests=false"
@@ -42,6 +34,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     meson
     ninja
     pkgconfig
+    libxslt
+    docbook-xsl-ns
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [