diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubiomes-viewer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubiomes-viewer/default.nix
index 762b0e09725f..48d1d4a4f99f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cubiomes-viewer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cubiomes-viewer/default.nix
@@ -3,42 +3,38 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , qtbase
 , qmake
+, qttools
 , wrapQtAppsHook
-, copyDesktopItems
-, makeDesktopItem
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cubiomes-viewer";
-  version = "2.1.1";
+  version = "2.2.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Cubitect";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-cIA6W82XEeW0k9WNygZ/KVFZE31QThpkV4OazVEvmtw=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-jwYmgA2JtWpEbuuFPwGdKKaSZ2uAs3t7CCCeu6eD9nI=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace cubiomes-viewer.pro \
+      --replace '$$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]/lupdate' lupdate \
+      --replace '$$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]/lrelease' lrelease
+  '';
+
   buildInputs = [
     qtbase
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     qmake
+    qttools
     wrapQtAppsHook
-    copyDesktopItems
   ];
 
-  desktopItems = [ (makeDesktopItem {
-    name = pname;
-    desktopName = "Cubiomes Viewer";
-    exec = pname;
-    icon = pname;
-    categories = [ "Game" ];
-    comment = meta.description;
-  }) ];
-
   preBuild = ''
     # QMAKE_PRE_LINK is not executed (I dont know why)
     make -C ./cubiomes libcubiomes CFLAGS="-DSTRUCT_CONFIG_OVERRIDE=1" all
@@ -50,8 +46,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     cp cubiomes-viewer $out/bin
 
-    mkdir -p $out/share/pixmaps
-    cp rc/icons/map.png $out/share/pixmaps/cubiomes-viewer.png
+    mkdir -p $out/share/{pixmaps,applications}
+    cp rc/icons/map.png $out/share/pixmaps/com.github.cubitect.cubiomes-viewer.png
+    cp etc/com.github.cubitect.cubiomes-viewer.desktop $out/share/applications
 
     runHook postInstall
   '';