diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/lirc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/lirc/default.nix
index 960c8cc2494..7f4d8cc19c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/lirc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/lirc/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,45 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, bash, help2man, pkgconfig, xlibsWrapper, python3, libxslt }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, bash, help2man, pkgconfig, xlibsWrapper, python3
+, libxslt, systemd, libusb, libftdi1 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "lirc-0.9.4";
+  name = "lirc-0.10.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/lirc/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "19c6ldjsdnk1md66q3nb035ja1xj217k8iabhxpsb8rs10a6kwi6";
+    sha256 = "1whlyifvvc7w04ahq07nnk1h18wc8j7c6wnvlb6mszravxh3qxcb";
   };
 
-  preBuild = "patchShebangs .";
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs .
+
+    # fix overriding PYTHONPATH
+    sed -i 's,^PYTHONPATH *= *,PYTHONPATH := $(PYTHONPATH):,' \
+      Makefile.in
+    sed -i 's,PYTHONPATH=,PYTHONPATH=$(PYTHONPATH):,' \
+      doc/Makefile.in
+  '';
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    # use empty inc file instead of a from linux kernel generated one
+    touch lib/lirc/input_map.inc
+  '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig help2man ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ alsaLib xlibsWrapper python3 libxslt ];
+  buildInputs = [ alsaLib xlibsWrapper libxslt systemd libusb libftdi1 ]
+  ++ (with python3.pkgs; [ python pyyaml setuptools ]);
 
   configureFlags = [
-    "--with-driver=devinput"
     "--sysconfdir=/etc"
     "--localstatedir=/var"
-    "--enable-sandboxed"
+    "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$(out)/lib/systemd/system"
+    "--enable-uinput" # explicite activation because build env has no uinput
+    "--enable-devinput" # explicite activation because build env has not /dev/input
   ];
 
-  makeFlags = [ "m4dir=$(out)/m4" ];
-
   installFlags = [
-    "sysconfdir=\${out}/etc"
-    "localstatedir=\${TMPDIR}"
+    "sysconfdir=$out/etc"
+    "localstatedir=$TMPDIR"
   ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {