diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pmix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pmix/default.nix
index 3f1b2e2cf368..f5fb65f7989b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pmix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pmix/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, perl, autoconf, automake
-, libtool, flex, libevent, hwloc, munge, zlib, pandoc
+, libtool, python3, flex, libevent, hwloc, munge, zlib, pandoc, gitMinimal
 } :
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "pmix";
-  version = "3.2.4";
+  version = "5.0.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     repo = "openpmix";
     owner = "openpmix";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-79zTZm549VRsqeziCuBT6l4jTJ6D/gZaMAvgHZm7jn4=";
+    hash = "sha256-ZuuzQ8j5zqQ/9mBFEODAaoX9/doWB9Nt9Sl75JkJyqU=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -18,14 +19,25 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs ./config
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pandoc perl autoconf automake libtool flex ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pandoc
+    perl
+    autoconf
+    automake
+    libtool
+    flex
+    gitMinimal
+    python3
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [ libevent hwloc munge zlib ];
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-libevent=${lib.getDev libevent}"
+    "--with-libevent-libdir=${lib.getLib libevent}/lib"
     "--with-munge=${munge}"
     "--with-hwloc=${lib.getDev hwloc}"
+    "--with-hwloc-libdir=${lib.getLib hwloc}/lib"
   ];
 
   preConfigure = ''