diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
index 0518cb257ab..37f88a770fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, substituteAll, fetchurl
-, pkgconfig, freetype, expat, libxslt, gperf, dejavu_fonts
+{ stdenv
+, fetchpatch
+, substituteAll
+, fetchurl
+, pkg-config
+, freetype
+, expat
+, libxslt
+, gperf
+, dejavu_fonts
+, autoreconfHook
 }:
 
 /** Font configuration scheme
@@ -18,11 +27,11 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "fontconfig";
-  version = "2.12.6";
+  version = "2.13.92";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://fontconfig.org/release/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "05zh65zni11kgnhg726gjbrd55swspdvhqbcnj5a5xh8gn03036g";
+    url = "http://fontconfig.org/release/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0kkfsvxcvcphm9zcgsh646gix3qn4spz555wa1jp5hbq70l62vjh";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -31,15 +40,44 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       inherit configVersion;
     })
 
+    # Fix fonts not being loaded when missing included configs that have ignore_missing="yes".
+    # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1744377
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/commit/fcada522913e5e07efa6367eff87ace9f06d24c8.patch";
+      sha256 = "1jbm3vw45b3qjnqrh2545v1k8vmb29c09v2wj07jnrq3lnchbvmn";
+    })
+
+    # Register JoyPixels as an emoji font.
     # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/merge_requests/67
-    ./fix-joypixels.patch
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/commit/65087ac7ce4cc5f2109967c1380b474955dcb590.patch";
+      sha256 = "1dkrbqx1c1d8yfnx0igvv516wanw2ksrpm3fbpm2h9nw0hccwqvm";
+    })
+
+    # Fix invalid DTD in reset-dirs.
+    # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/merge_requests/78
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/commit/a4aa66a858f1ecd375c5efe5916398281f73f794.patch";
+      sha256 = "1j4ky8jhpllfm1lh2if34xglh2hl79nsa0xxgzxpj9sx6h4v99j5";
+    })
   ];
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "lib" "out" ]; # $out contains all the config
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ freetype ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig gperf libxslt ];
-  buildInputs = [ expat ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    gperf
+    libxslt
+    pkg-config
+    autoreconfHook
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    expat
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    freetype
+  ];
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-arch=${stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.name}"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/fix-joypixels.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/fix-joypixels.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d5654063fe8..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/fix-joypixels.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
---- a/conf.d/45-generic.conf
-+++ b/conf.d/45-generic.conf
-@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
- 
- <!-- Emoji -->
- 
-+	<alias binding="same">
-+		<family>JoyPixels</family>
-+		<default><family>emoji</family></default>
-+	</alias>
- 	<alias binding="same">
- 		<family>Emoji Two</family>
- 		<default><family>emoji</family></default>
---- a/conf.d/60-generic.conf
-+++ b/conf.d/60-generic.conf
-@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
- 	<alias binding="same">
- 		<family>emoji</family>
- 		<prefer>
-+			<family>JoyPixels</family>
- 			<family>Emoji Two</family>
- 			<family>Emoji One</family>
- 			<!-- System fonts -->