diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/light/0001-define-light-loglevel-as-extern.patch b/pkgs/by-name/li/light/0001-define-light-loglevel-as-extern.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..082f8f3f10e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/light/0001-define-light-loglevel-as-extern.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 47f163f6bcd1d66bebc49d96abcf46853a0708fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: wxt <3264117476@qq.com>
+Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 07:48:34 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] fix build
+
+---
+ src/helpers.c | 1 +
+ src/helpers.h | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/helpers.c b/src/helpers.c
+index c7bc4de..00e6098 100644
+--- a/src/helpers.c
++++ b/src/helpers.c
+@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
+ #include <errno.h> // errno
+ #include <libgen.h> // dirname 
+ 
++light_loglevel_t light_loglevel;
+ 
+ bool light_file_read_uint64(char const *filename, uint64_t *val)
+ {
+diff --git a/src/helpers.h b/src/helpers.h
+index f73714b..4a92753 100644
+--- a/src/helpers.h
++++ b/src/helpers.h
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ typedef enum {
+     LIGHT_NOTE_LEVEL
+ } light_loglevel_t;
+ 
+-light_loglevel_t light_loglevel;
++extern light_loglevel_t light_loglevel;
+ 
+ #define LIGHT_LOG(lvl, fp, fmt, args...)\
+     if(light_loglevel >= lvl)\
+-- 
+2.46.1
+
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/light/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/light/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa16262a8d93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/light/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  fetchpatch,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  coreutils,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  version = "1.2.2";
+  pname = "light";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "dpeukert";
+    repo = "light";
+    rev = "2a54078cbe3814105ee4f565f451b1b5947fbde0";
+    hash = "sha256-OmHdVJvBcBjJiPs45JqOHxFoJYvKIEIpt9pFhBz74Kg=";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-udev" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  patches = [
+    ./0001-define-light-loglevel-as-extern.patch
+  ];
+
+  # ensure udev rules can find the commands used
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace 90-backlight.rules \
+      --replace-fail '/bin/chgrp' '${coreutils}/bin/chgrp' \
+      --replace-fail '/bin/chmod' '${coreutils}/bin/chmod'
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "GNU/Linux application to control backlights";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/dpeukert/light";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
+    mainProgram = "light";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      puffnfresh
+      dtzWill
+    ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/light/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/light/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 41442b372576..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/light/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
-  autoreconfHook,
-  coreutils,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  version = "1.2.2";
-  pname = "light";
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "haikarainen";
-    repo = "light";
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1a70zcf88ifsnwll486aicjnh48zisdf8f7vi34ihw61kdadsq9s";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    # Pull upstream fix for -fno-common toolchains:
-    #  https://github.com/haikarainen/light/pull/135
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fno-common.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/haikarainen/light/commit/eae912ca7ff3356805e47739114861d2b6ae7ec0.patch";
-      sha256 = "15jp8hm5scl0myiy1jmvd6m52lhx5jscvi3rgb5siwakmnkgzx9j";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  configureFlags = [ "--with-udev" ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
-
-  # ensure udev rules can find the commands used
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace 90-backlight.rules \
-      --replace '/bin/chgrp' '${coreutils}/bin/chgrp' \
-      --replace '/bin/chmod' '${coreutils}/bin/chmod'
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "GNU/Linux application to control backlights";
-    homepage = "https://haikarainen.github.io/light/";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
-    mainProgram = "light";
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
-      puffnfresh
-      dtzWill
-    ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0f17b22d3023..4183b3c193cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25413,8 +25413,6 @@ with pkgs;
     then util-linuxMinimal
     else null;
 
-  light = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/light { };
-
   lightum = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/lightum { };
 
   ebtables = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ebtables { };