diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpc/default.nix
index e43120a715d6..ef0bb75b2ec0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ncmpc/default.nix
@@ -1,36 +1,35 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, glib, ncurses, mpd_clientlib, libintlOrEmpty }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, glib, ncurses
+, mpd_clientlib, gettext }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+let
+  rpath = stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [
+    glib ncurses mpd_clientlib
+  ];
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "ncmpc-${version}";
-  version = "0.27";
+  version = "0.28";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "MusicPlayerDaemon";
     repo   = "ncmpc";
     rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0sfal3wadqvy6yas4xzhw35awdylikci8kbdcmgm4l2afpmc1lrr";
+    sha256 = "1z0bdkqsdb3f5k2lsws3qzav4r30fzk8fhxj9l0p738flcka6k4n";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ glib ncurses mpd_clientlib ];
-    # ++ libintlOrEmpty;
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig gettext ];
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-lintl";
-
-  # without this, po/Makefile.in.in is not being created
-  preAutoreconf = ''
-    ./autogen.sh
+  postFixup = ''
+    for elf in "$out"/bin/*; do
+      patchelf --set-rpath '${rpath}':"$out/lib" "$elf"
+    done
   '';
 
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--enable-colors"
-    "--enable-lyrics-screen"
-  ];
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Curses-based interface for MPD (music player daemon)";
     homepage    = http://www.musicpd.org/clients/ncmpc/;
     license     = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms   = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fpletz ];
   };
 }