diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/appstream-glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/appstream-glib/default.nix
index d177c3acfa71..dc5de2b382a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/appstream-glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/appstream-glib/default.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,49 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, gettext, gtk3, glib
-, gtk_doc, libarchive, gobjectIntrospection
-, sqlite, libsoup, gcab, attr, acl, docbook_xsl
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, substituteAll, pkgconfig, gettext, gtk3, glib
+, gtk_doc, libarchive, gobjectIntrospection, libxslt, pngquant
+, sqlite, libsoup, gcab, attr, acl, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_42
 , libuuid, json_glib, meson, gperf, ninja
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "appstream-glib-0.7.2";
+  name = "appstream-glib-0.7.6";
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" ];
+  outputBin = "dev";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "hughsie";
     repo = "appstream-glib";
     rev = stdenv.lib.replaceStrings ["." "-"] ["_" "_"] name;
-    sha256 = "1jvwfida12d2snc8p9lpbpqzrixw2naaiwfmsrldwkrxsj3i19pl";
+    sha256 = "1nzm6w9n7fb2m06w88gwszaqf74bnip87ay0ca59wajq6y4mpfgv";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson pkgconfig ninja ];
-  buildInputs = [ glib gtk_doc gettext sqlite libsoup
-                  gcab attr acl docbook_xsl libuuid json_glib
-                  libarchive gobjectIntrospection gperf ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson pkgconfig ninja gtk_doc libxslt docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_42
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    glib gettext sqlite libsoup
+    gcab attr acl libuuid json_glib
+    libarchive gobjectIntrospection gperf
+  ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ gtk3 ];
-  mesonFlags = [ "-Denable-rpm=false" "-Denable-stemmer=false" "-Denable-dep11=false" ];
+
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./paths.patch;
+      pngquant= "${pngquant}/bin/pngquant";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "-Drpm=false"
+    "-Dstemmer=false"
+    "-Ddep11=false"
+  ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Objects and helper methods to read and write AppStream metadata";
-    homepage    = https://github.com/hughsie/appstream-glib;
-    license     = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
-    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    homepage = https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appstream-glib/;
+    license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lethalman matthewbauer ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/appstream-glib/paths.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/appstream-glib/paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c6396988a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/appstream-glib/paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/libappstream-builder/asb-utils.c
++++ b/libappstream-builder/asb-utils.c
+@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
+ {
+ 	g_autofree gchar *standard_error = NULL;
+ 	gint exit_status = 0;
+-	const gchar *argv[] = { "/usr/bin/pngquant", "--skip-if-larger",
++	const gchar *argv[] = { "@pngquant@", "--skip-if-larger",
+ 				"--strip", "--ext", ".png",
+ 				"--force", "--speed", "1", filename, NULL };
+ 	if (!g_file_test (argv[0], G_FILE_TEST_IS_EXECUTABLE))