diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/default.nix
index 0a076442b42..9e80d4fc6ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 let
   pname = "atk";
-  version = "2.32.0";
+  version = "2.34.1";
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1k4i817bd2w5b9z394f2yyx95591l2746wa40am0vvz4gzdgwhfb";
+    sha256 = "1jwp16r6p5z66k4b2v8zlzhyshhwlmyi27ippkrgqr8jsary7w6l";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     glib
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # meson builds an incorrect .pc file
+    # glib should be Requires not Requires.private
+    ./fix_pc.patch
+  ];
+
   doCheck = true;
 
   passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/fix_pc.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/fix_pc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3d19d9862cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/atk/fix_pc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- a/atk/meson.build
++++ b/atk/meson.build
+@@ -162,5 +162,6 @@ pkgconfig.generate(libatk,
+   name: 'Atk',
+   description: 'Accessibility Toolkit',
+   subdirs: atk_api_name,
++  requires: glib_dep,
+   filebase: 'atk',
+ )