diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxkbcommon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxkbcommon/default.nix
index e7923f3df5b..e5682219dba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxkbcommon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxkbcommon/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, yacc, flex, xkeyboard_config }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, yacc, flex, xkeyboard_config, libxcb }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libxkbcommon-0.3.1";
+  name = "libxkbcommon-0.4.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://xkbcommon.org/download/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "13mk335r4dhi9qglzbp46ina1wz4qgcp8r7s06iq7j50pf0kb5ww";
+    sha256 = "0mw9ljc5fbqbhnm884w7ns5pf6f2rqj9ww5xcaps9nzdgsq73z50";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig yacc flex xkeyboard_config ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig yacc flex xkeyboard_config libxcb ];
 
   configureFlags = ''
     --with-xkb-config-root=${xkeyboard_config}/etc/X11/xkb