diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
index 66681ef0850..da58d844ee8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper
-, meson, ninja
-, pkgconfig, scdoc
-, wayland, libxkbcommon, pcre, json_c, dbus, libevdev
+, meson, ninja, pkg-config, wayland, scdoc
+, libxkbcommon, pcre, json_c, dbus, libevdev
 , pango, cairo, libinput, libcap, pam, gdk-pixbuf, librsvg
 , wlroots, wayland-protocols
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "sway-unwrapped";
-  version = "1.4";
+  version = "1.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "swaywm";
     repo = "sway";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "11qf89y3q92g696a6f4d23qb44gqixg6qxq740vwv2jw59ms34ja";
+    sha256 = "0r3b7h778l9i20z3him9i2qsaynpn9y78hzfgv3cqi8fyry2c4f9";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -22,8 +21,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./load-configuration-from-etc.patch
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace meson.build --replace "v1.5" "1.5"
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkgconfig meson ninja scdoc
+    meson ninja pkg-config wayland scdoc
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -32,16 +35,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     wlroots wayland-protocols
   ];
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
   mesonFlags = [
-    "-Ddefault-wallpaper=false" "-Dxwayland=enabled" "-Dgdk-pixbuf=enabled"
-    "-Dtray=enabled" "-Dman-pages=enabled"
+    "-Ddefault-wallpaper=false"
   ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "i3-compatible tiling Wayland compositor";
+    description = "An i3-compatible tiling Wayland compositor";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3
+      window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and
+      supports most of i3's features, plus a few extras.
+      Sway allows you to arrange your application windows logically, rather
+      than spatially. Windows are arranged into a grid by default which
+      maximizes the efficiency of your screen and can be quickly manipulated
+      using only the keyboard.
+    '';
     homepage    = "https://swaywm.org";
+    changelog   = "https://github.com/swaywm/sway/releases/tag/${version}";
     license     = licenses.mit;
     platforms   = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ primeos synthetica ma27 ];