diff --git a/pkgs/servers/plex/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/plex/default.nix
index c0bfd42ce68..7194e0994aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/plex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/plex/default.nix
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "plex-${version}";
-  version = "0.9.11.16.958";
-  vsnHash = "80f1748";
+  version = "0.9.12.11.1406";
+  vsnHash = "8403350";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/${version}-${vsnHash}/plexmediaserver-${version}-${vsnHash}.x86_64.rpm";
-    sha256 = "1wrl654nk10i9p01cgy9fqiqalxyl718qhp4kjnxvcwafayxkp26";
+    sha256 = "295174b3617d699f11ecc22bc603a579e2291fe6ba55a536711acafd64455390";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ rpmextract glibc ];
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     find $out/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources -type f -a -perm -0100 \
         -print -exec patchelf --set-interpreter "${glibc}/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2" '{}' \;
 
+    # executables need libstdc++.so.6
+    ln -s "${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ stdenv.cc.cc ]}/libstdc++.so.6" "$out/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/libstdc++.so.6"
 
     # Our next problem is the "Resources" directory in /usr/lib/plexmediaserver.
     # This is ostensibly a skeleton directory, which contains files that Plex