diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xdgmenumaker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xdgmenumaker/default.nix
index b7f8cfce2fb..56168b34859 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xdgmenumaker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xdgmenumaker/default.nix
@@ -1,33 +1,43 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, txt2tags, python2Packages }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, txt2tags, python3Packages, glib, gobject-introspection, wrapGAppsHook }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "xdgmenumaker";
   version = "1.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "gapan";
-    repo = "xdgmenumaker";
+    repo = pname;
     rev = version;
     sha256 = "1vrsp5c1ah7p4dpwd6aqvinpwzd8crdimvyyr3lbm3c6cwpyjmif";
   };
 
+  format = "other";
+
+  strictDeps = false;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    gobject-introspection
     txt2tags
-    python2Packages.wrapPython
+    wrapGAppsHook
   ];
 
-  pythonPath = [
-    python2Packages.pyxdg
-    python2Packages.pygtk
+  buildInputs = [
+    glib
+  ];
+
+  pythonPath = with python3Packages; [
+    pyxdg
+    pygobject3
+  ];
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}"
+  ];
+
+  installFlags = [
+    "DESTDIR="
   ];
 
-  installPhase = ''
-    make install PREFIX=$out DESTDIR=
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/xdgmenumaker" \
-      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$out/share"
-    wrapPythonPrograms
-  '';
-  
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Command line tool that generates XDG menus for several window managers";
     homepage = https://github.com/gapan/xdgmenumaker;