diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/highlight/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/highlight/default.nix
index 53f562eb10a..40a3bcf78ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/highlight/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/highlight/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, getopt }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, getopt, lua, boost }:
         
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "highlight-2.6.10";
+  name = "highlight-3.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.andre-simon.de/zip/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "18f2ki9pajxlp0aq4ingxj7m0cp7wlbc40xm25pnxc1yis9vlira";
+    sha256 = "0jpidd2fwn5mbrgzjmh53qvfmqqp6g0mah7i5zsf9bd71ga1lp28";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [getopt];
+  buildInputs = [ getopt lua boost ];
 
-  preBuild = ''
-    sed -e '/#include <map>/i#include <stdio.h>' -i src/re/Pattern.h
-  '';
-
-  makeFlags = ["PREFIX=$out"];
+  makeFlags = [
+    "PREFIX=$(out)"
+    "conf_dir=$(out)/etc/highlight/"
+  ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Source code highlighting tool";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 19adc62dff7..67d2adc56f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -812,7 +812,9 @@ let
 
   hevea = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/hevea { };
 
-  highlight = callPackage ../tools/text/highlight { };
+  highlight = callPackage ../tools/text/highlight {
+    lua = lua5;
+  };
 
   host = callPackage ../tools/networking/host { };