diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libamqpcpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libamqpcpp/default.nix
index 421c73cbb05..85972e67e10 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libamqpcpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libamqpcpp/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, openssl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libamqpcpp-${version}";
-  version = "2.7.4";
+  version = "3.0.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "CopernicaMarketingSoftware";
     repo = "AMQP-CPP";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0m010bz0axawcpv4d1p1vx7c6r8lg27w2s2vjqpbpg99w35n6c8k";
+    sha256 = "0n93wy2v2hx9zalpyn8zxsxihh0xpgcd472qwvwsc253y97v8ngv";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = [ openssl ];
+
   patches = [ ./libamqpcpp-darwin.patch ];
 
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];