diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/abiword/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/abiword/default.nix
index a7d53896301..b7aecdfd03d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/abiword/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/abiword/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, libglade, libgnomeprint,
-libgnomeprintui, libgnomecanvas, fribidi, libpng, popt, libgsf,
-enchant, wv
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, libglade, libgnomecanvas, fribidi, libpng, popt, libgsf,
+enchant, wv, librsvg, bzip2
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "abiword-2.6.8";
+  name = "abiword-2.8.1";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.abisource.org/downloads/abiword/2.6.8/source/abiword-2.6.8.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "14vfp668srjgy6wd22h4a93safp1iyfwhdr6y0sb751xl46nlrdn";
+    url = http://www.abisource.org/downloads/abiword/2.8.1/source/abiword-2.8.1.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1v6jkjd5ivaarhv41nkniqycx3k33p9r7q7dyyjn7kq2295n26zm";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [pkgconfig gtk libglade libgnomeprint libgnomeprintui
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig gtk libglade librsvg bzip2
                  libgnomecanvas fribidi libpng popt libgsf enchant wv
                 ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 186b0b2043d..42bcea77527 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6137,9 +6137,9 @@ let
   };
 
   abiword = import ../applications/office/abiword {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig fribidi libpng popt libgsf enchant wv;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig fribidi libpng popt libgsf enchant wv librsvg bzip2;
     inherit (gtkLibs) gtk;
-    inherit (gnome) libglade libgnomeprint libgnomeprintui libgnomecanvas;
+    inherit (gnome) libglade libgnomecanvas;
   };
 
   adobeReader = import ../applications/misc/adobe-reader {