diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xdotool/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xdotool/default.nix
index 4c675a69842..f69d5d80649 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xdotool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xdotool/default.nix
@@ -2,15 +2,20 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "xdotool-${version}";
-  version = "3.20150503.1";
+  version = "3.20160805.1";
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool/releases/download/v${version}/xdotool-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1lcngsw33fy9my21rdiz1gs474bfdqcfxjrnfggbx4aypn1nhcp8";
+    sha256 = "1a6c1zr86zb53352yxv104l76l8x21gfl2bgw6h21iphxpv5zgim";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig perl ];
   buildInputs = [ libX11 libXtst xextproto libXi libXinerama libxkbcommon ];
 
+  preBuild = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/lib
+  '';
+
   makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
 
   meta = {