diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/lohit-fonts/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/lohit-fonts/default.nix
index 707d52c8baa0..3642bf2eabc2 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/lohit-fonts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/lohit-fonts/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,58 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "lohit-fonts-20140220";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/o/lohit/lohit-ttf-20140220.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "1rmgr445hw1n851ywy28csfvswz1i6hnc8mzp88qw2xk9j4dn32d";
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib }:
+let
+  fonts = {
+    assamese = { version = "2.91.3" ; sha256 = "0kbdvi8f7vbvsain9zmnj9h43a6bmdkhk5c2wzg15100w7wf6lpq"; };
+    bengali = { version = "2.91.3" ; sha256 = "1wdd2dkqaflf6nm5yc7llkfxin6g0zb2sbcd5g2xbrl0gwwcmkij"; };
+    devanagari = { version = "2.95.2" ; sha256 = "1ss0j0pcfrg1vsypnm0042y4bn7b84mi6lbfsvr6rs89lb5swvn2"; };
+    gujarati = { version = "2.92.2-and-4.2.2" ; sha256 = "1i27yjhn3x31a89x1hjs6rskdwp2kh0hibq1xiz3rgqil2m0jar6"; };
+    gurmukhi = { version = "2.91.0" ; sha256 = "0z8a30mnyhlfvqhnggfk0369hqg779ihqyhcmpxj0sf9dmb1i0mj"; }; # renamed from Punjabi
+    kannada = { version = "2.5.3" ; sha256 = "1x9fb5z1bwmfi0y1fdnzizzjxhbxp272wxznx36063kjf25bb9pi"; };
+    malayalam = { version = "2.92.0" ; sha256 = "1syv1irxh5xl0z0d5kwankhlmi7s2dg4wpp58nq0mkd3rhm5q8qw"; };
+    marathi = { version = "2.94.0" ; sha256 = "0y9sca6gbfbafv52v0n2r1xfs8rg6zmqs4vp9sjfc1c6yqhzagl4"; };
+    nepali = { version = "2.94.0" ; sha256 = "0c56141rpxc30581i3gisg8kfaadxhqjhgshni6g7a7rn6l4dx17"; };
+    odia = { version = "2.91.0" ; sha256 = "15iz9kdf9k5m8wcn2iqlqjm758ac3hvnk93va6kac06frxnhw9lp"; }; # renamed from Oriya
+    tamil-classical = { version = "2.5.3" ; sha256 = "0ci4gk8qhhysjza69nncgmqmal8s4n8829icamvlzbmjdd4s2pij"; };
+    tamil = { version = "2.91.1" ; sha256 = "1ir6kjl48apwk41xbpj0x458k108s7i61yzpkfhqcy1fkcr7cngj"; };
+    telugu = { version = "2.5.4" ; sha256 = "06gdba7690y20l7nsi8fnnimim5hlq7hik0mpk2fzw4w39hjybk9"; };
   };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
-    cp *.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://fedorahosted.org/lohit/;
-    description = "Fonts for 21 Indian languages";
-    license = licenses.ofl;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.ttuegel ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
+  gplfonts = {
+    # GPL fonts removed from later releases
+    kashmiri = { version = "2.4.3" ; sha256 = "0ax8xzv4pz17jnsjdklawncsm2qn7176wbxykswygpzdd5lr0gg9"; };
+    konkani = { version = "2.4.3" ; sha256 = "03zc27z26a60aaggrqx4d6l0jgggciq8p83v6vgg0k6l3apvcp45"; };
+    maithili = { version = "2.4.3" ; sha256 = "0aqwnhq1namvvb77f2vssahixqf4xay7ja4q8qc312wxkajdqh4a"; };
+    sindhi = { version = "2.4.3" ; sha256 = "00imfbn01yc2g5zdyydks9w3ndkawr66l9qk2idlvw3yz3sw2kf1"; };
   };
-}
+  mkpkg = license: name: {version, sha256}:
+    stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = "lohit-${name}-${version}";
+
+      src = fetchurl {
+        url = "https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/o/lohit/lohit-${name}-ttf-${version}.tar.gz";
+        inherit sha256;
+      };
+
+      installPhase = ''
+        mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
+        cp -v *.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype/
+
+        mkdir -p $out/etc/fonts/conf.d
+        cp -v *.conf $out/etc/fonts/conf.d
+
+        mkdir -p "$out/share/doc/lohit-${name}"
+        cp -v ChangeLog* COPYRIGHT* "$out/share/doc/lohit-${name}/"
+      '';
+
+      meta = {
+        inherit license;
+        homepage = https://fedorahosted.org/lohit/;
+        maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.mathnerd314 lib.maintainers.ttuegel ];
+        # Set a non-zero priority to allow easy overriding of the
+        # fontconfig configuration files.
+        priority = 5;
+      };
+    };
+
+in
+# Technically, GPLv2 with usage exceptions
+lib.mapAttrs (mkpkg lib.licenses.gpl2) gplfonts //
+lib.mapAttrs (mkpkg lib.licenses.ofl) fonts
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 13c7a44bfa39..aa575fdd6e58 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10577,7 +10577,11 @@ let
 
   lobster-two = callPackage ../data/fonts/lobster-two {};
 
-  lohit-fonts = callPackage ../data/fonts/lohit-fonts { };
+  # lohit-fonts.assamese lohit-fonts.bengali lohit-fonts.devanagari lohit-fonts.gujarati lohit-fonts.gurmukhi
+  # lohit-fonts.kannada lohit-fonts.malayalam lohit-fonts.marathi lohit-fonts.nepali lohit-fonts.odia
+  # lohit-fonts.tamil-classical lohit-fonts.tamil lohit-fonts.telugu
+  # lohit-fonts.kashmiri lohit-fonts.konkani lohit-fonts.maithili lohit-fonts.sindhi
+  lohit-fonts = recurseIntoAttrs ( callPackages ../data/fonts/lohit-fonts { } );
 
   manpages = callPackage ../data/documentation/man-pages { };