diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pencil/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pencil/default.nix
index 37857fc459ea..edd923822ea3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/pencil/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/pencil/default.nix
@@ -1,32 +1,72 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib, makeWrapper,
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib, makeWrapper, wrapGAppsHook,
   # build dependencies
-  alsaLib, atk, cairo, cups, dbus, expat, fontconfig,
-  freetype, gdk-pixbuf, glib, gnome2, nspr, nss, xorg,
-  glibc, systemd
+  alsaLib, atk, at-spi2-atk, at-spi2-core, cairo, cups, dbus, expat, fontconfig,
+  freetype, gdk-pixbuf, glib, glibc, gtk3, libuuid, nspr, nss, pango,
+  xorg, systemd
 }:
+let
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "3.0.4";
+  deps = [
+    alsaLib
+    atk
+    at-spi2-atk
+    at-spi2-core
+    cairo
+    cups
+    dbus
+    expat
+    fontconfig
+    freetype
+    gdk-pixbuf
+    glib
+    glibc
+    gtk3
+    libuuid
+    nspr
+    nss
+    pango
+    xorg.libX11
+    xorg.libxcb
+    xorg.libXScrnSaver
+    xorg.libXcomposite
+    xorg.libXcursor
+    xorg.libXdamage
+    xorg.libXext
+    xorg.libXfixes
+    xorg.libXi
+    xorg.libXrandr
+    xorg.libXrender
+    xorg.libXtst
+    stdenv.cc.cc.lib
+    stdenv.cc.cc
+  ];
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "3.1.0";
   pname = "pencil";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url    = "http://pencil.evolus.vn/dl/V${version}/Pencil_${version}_amd64.deb";
-    sha256 = "58e2b794c615ea8715d8374f177e19c87f7071e359826ec34a59836d537a62fd";
+    url    = "http://pencil.evolus.vn/dl/V${version}.ga/pencil_${version}.ga_amd64.deb";
+    sha256 = "01ae54b1a1351b909eb2366c6ec00816e1deba370e58f35601cf7368f10aaba3";
   };
 
   sourceRoot = ".";
 
   unpackCmd = ''
-    ar p "$src" data.tar.xz | tar xJ
+    ar p "$src" data.tar.gz | tar xz
   '';
 
   dontBuild = true;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper wrapGAppsHook ];
+
+  buildInputs = deps;
 
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp -R usr/share opt $out/
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/opt $out/share/applications
+    cp -R usr/share $out/
+    cp -R opt/pencil*/ $out/opt/pencil
+    cp $out/opt/pencil/pencil.desktop $out/share/applications/
 
     # fix the path in the desktop file
     substituteInPlace \
@@ -34,42 +74,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace /opt/ $out/opt/
 
     # symlink the binary to bin/
-    ln -s $out/opt/Pencil/pencil $out/bin/pencil
+    ln -s $out/opt/pencil/pencil $out/bin/pencil
   '';
 
 
   preFixup = let
-    packages = [
-      alsaLib
-      atk
-      cairo
-      cups
-      dbus
-      expat
-      fontconfig
-      freetype
-      gdk-pixbuf
-      glib
-      gnome2.GConf
-      gnome2.gtk
-      gnome2.pango
-      nspr
-      nss
-      xorg.libX11
-      xorg.libXScrnSaver
-      xorg.libXcomposite
-      xorg.libXcursor
-      xorg.libXdamage
-      xorg.libXext
-      xorg.libXfixes
-      xorg.libXi
-      xorg.libXrandr
-      xorg.libXrender
-      xorg.libXtst
-      stdenv.cc.cc.lib
-      stdenv.cc.cc
-      glibc
-    ];
+    packages = deps;
     libPathNative = lib.makeLibraryPath packages;
     libPath64 = lib.makeSearchPathOutput "lib" "lib64" packages;
     libPath = "${libPathNative}:${libPath64}";
@@ -77,21 +87,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # patch executable
     patchelf \
       --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
-      --set-rpath "${libPath}:$out/opt/Pencil" \
-      $out/opt/Pencil/pencil
-
-    # patch libnode
-    patchelf \
-      --set-rpath "${libPath}" \
-      $out/opt/Pencil/libnode.so
-
-    # libffmpeg is for some reason  not executable
-    chmod a+x $out/opt/Pencil/libffmpeg.so
+      --set-rpath "${libPath}:$out/opt/pencil" \
+      $out/opt/pencil/pencil
 
     # fix missing libudev
-    ln -s ${systemd.lib}/lib/libudev.so.1 $out/opt/Pencil/libudev.so.1
-    wrapProgram $out/opt/Pencil/pencil \
-      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : $out/opt/Pencil
+    ln -s ${systemd.lib}/lib/libudev.so.1 $out/opt/pencil/libudev.so.1
+    wrapProgram $out/opt/pencil/pencil \
+      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : $out/opt/pencil
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {