diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/default.nix
index 95d675ebb4a..c01f6dbb6d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/default.nix
@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@
 , libxml2, db4, sablotron, curl, libXaw, fontconfig, libsndfile, neon
 , bison, flex, zip, unzip, gtk, libmspack, getopt, file, cairo, which
 , icu, boost, jdk, ant, hsqldb, libXext, libX11, libXtst, libXi, cups
+, libXinerama
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "openoffice.org-2.2.1";
+  name = "openoffice.org-2.3.0";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/office/openoffice/stable/2.2.1/OOo_2.2.1_src_core.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "1mn7p68m6z3rlwm2ynvvbzz2idpyds2hjmwlhycfsp1gi644ridd";
+    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/office/openoffice/stable/2.3.0/OOo_2.3.0_src_core.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "0mkxn9qj3f03rjkmxc4937gr2w429hnxzb9j5j2grdknfga5a1c3";
   };
 
   configureFlags = "
@@ -56,11 +57,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libjpeg expat pkgconfig freetype libwpd libxml2 db4 sablotron curl 
     libXaw fontconfig libsndfile neon bison flex zip unzip gtk libmspack 
     getopt file jdk cairo which icu boost libXext libX11 libXtst libXi
-    cups
+    cups libXinerama
   ];
 
   inherit icu fontconfig libjpeg jdk cups;
 
+  patches = [./ooo-libtextcat.patch];
+
   meta = {
     description = "OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite";
     homepage = http://www.openoffice.org/;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/ooo-libtextcat.patch b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/ooo-libtextcat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac2ae0a2265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/ooo-libtextcat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- OOG680_m5/libtextcat/makefile.mk	2007-06-21 18:09:52.000000000 +0200
++++ OOG680_m5.new/libtextcat/makefile.mk	2007-09-18 23:59:56.000000000 +0200
+@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
+ 
+ #relative to CONFIGURE_DIR
+ CONFIGURE_ACTION=configure
+-CONFIGURE_FLAGS=
++CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--prefix=${out}
+ 
+ BUILD_ACTION=make
+