diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/podofo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/podofo/default.nix
index b68bc20ecf3..d7569c017a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/podofo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/podofo/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, zlib, freetype, libjpeg, libtiff, fontconfig
-, gcc5, openssl, libpng, lua5 }:
+, gcc5, openssl, libpng, lua5, pkgconfig, libidn, expat }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "podofo-0.9.4";
+  name = "podofo-0.9.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/podofo/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0ngqgwl38afmzcj2zpf18a2g63vhm2fp45cbf9z62129rdgm1pyc";
+    sha256 = "012kgfx5j5n6w4zkc1d290d2cwjk60jhzsjlr2x19g3yi75q2jc5";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zlib freetype libjpeg libtiff fontconfig openssl libpng ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake gcc5 ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zlib freetype libjpeg libtiff fontconfig openssl libpng libidn expat ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake gcc5 pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ lua5 stdenv.cc.libc ];
 
   crossAttrs = {
@@ -19,15 +19,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       lua5.crossDrv stdenv.ccCross.libc ];
   };
 
-  # fix finding freetype-2.5
-  preConfigure = ''
-    substituteInPlace ./CMakeLists.txt \
-      --replace FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS \
-      --replace 'FIND_PACKAGE(FREETYPE' 'FIND_PACKAGE(Freetype'
-
-    rm ./cmake/modules/Find{FREETYPE,ZLIB,PkgConfig}.cmake
-  '';
-
   cmakeFlags = "-DPODOFO_BUILD_SHARED=ON -DPODOFO_BUILD_STATIC=OFF";
 
   meta = {