diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-notifyd.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-notifyd.nix
index 62c5bbe5220..5873ef9cd68 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-notifyd.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/xfce4-notifyd.nix
@@ -1,25 +1,27 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libnotify
 , gtk , libxfce4util, libxfce4ui, xfconf }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   p_name  = "xfce4-notifyd";
   ver_maj = "0.2";
-  ver_min = "2";
+  ver_min = "3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://xfce/src/apps/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0s4ilc36sl5k5mg5727rmqims1l3dy5pwg6dk93wyjqnqbgnhvmn";
+    sha256 = "0fx6z89rxs6ypb8bb6l1pg8fdbxn995fgs413sbhnaxjkm6gch6x";
   };
   name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool gtk libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfconf ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool libnotify gtk libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfconf ];
 
   preFixup = ''
     rm $out/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
     # to be able to run the daemon we need it in PATH
-    cp -l $out/lib/xfce4/notifyd/xfce4-notifyd $out/bin
+    ln -rs $out/lib/xfce4/notifyd/xfce4-notifyd $out/bin
   '';
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/${p_name}";
     description = "Notification daemon for Xfce";