diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/solvespace/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/solvespace/default.nix
index c1963e893d7..7046caad295 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/solvespace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/solvespace/default.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 , wrapGAppsHook
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "solvespace-2.3-20190422";
-  rev = "fa6622903010eb82b07b16adf06d31d5ffcd6bb9";
-
+  name = "solvespace-2.3-20190501";
+  rev = "e7b75f19c34c923780db776592b47152650d8f22";
   src = fetchgit {
     url = https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace;
     inherit rev;
-    sha256 = "144w5l8cc5cpzqm6hjdp98a5k08whska1hmvwnz0c7glfji4z4dk";
+    sha256 = "07k4mbzxf0dmzwdhjx5nc09y7rn1schkaypsw9kz0l7ppylprpp2";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
@@ -23,6 +22,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    patch CMakeLists.txt <<EOF
+    @@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
+     # NOTE TO PACKAGERS: The embedded git commit hash is critical for rapid bug triage when the builds
+     # can come from a variety of sources. If you are mirroring the sources or otherwise build when
+     # the .git directory is not present, please comment the following line:
+    -include(GetGitCommitHash)
+    +# include(GetGitCommitHash)
+     # and instead uncomment the following, adding the complete git hash of the checkout you are using:
+    -# set(GIT_COMMIT_HASH 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000)
+    +set(GIT_COMMIT_HASH $rev)
+    EOF
+  '';
+
   postInstall = ''
     substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/solvespace.desktop \
       --replace /usr/bin/ $out/bin/