diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/abduco/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/abduco/default.nix
index 097cfd9170a9..011f186bbbe2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/abduco/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/abduco/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, writeText, conf ? null }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchpatch, fetchzip, writeText, conf ? null }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+let
+  rev = "8c32909a159aaa9484c82b71f05b7a73321eb491";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "abduco";
-  version = "2020-04-30";
+  version = "unstable-2020-04-30";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "martanne";
-    repo = "abduco";
-    rev = "8c32909a159aaa9484c82b71f05b7a73321eb491";
-    sha256 = "0a3p8xljhpk7zh203s75248blfir15smgw5jmszwbmdpy4mqzd53";
+  src = fetchzip {
+    urls = [
+      "https://github.com/martanne/abduco/archive/${rev}.tar.gz"
+      "https://git.sr.ht/~martanne/abduco/archive/${rev}.tar.gz"
+    ];
+    hash = "sha256-o7SPK/G31cW/rrLwV3UJOTq6EBHl6AEE/GdeKGlHdyg=";
   };
 
   preBuild = lib.optionalString (conf != null)
@@ -17,6 +21,32 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installFlags = [ "install-completion" ];
   CFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE";
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/martanne/abduco/pull/22
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "use-XDG-directory-scheme-by-default";
+      url = "https://github.com/martanne/abduco/commit/0e9a00312ac9777edcb169122144762e3611287b.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-4NkIflbRkUpS5XTM/fxBaELpvlZ4S5lecRa8jk0XC9g=";
+    })
+
+    # “fix bug where attaching to dead session won't give underlying exit code”
+    # https://github.com/martanne/abduco/pull/45
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "exit-code-when-attaching-to-dead-session";
+      url = "https://github.com/martanne/abduco/commit/972ca8ab949ee342569dbd66b47cc4a17b28247b.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-8hios0iKYDOmt6Bi5NNM9elTflGudnG2xgPF1pSkHI0=";
+    })
+
+    # “report pixel sizes to child processes that use ioctl(0, TIOCGWINSZ, ...)”
+    # used for kitty & other terminals that display images
+    # https://github.com/martanne/abduco/pull/62
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "report-pixel-sizes-to-child-processes";
+      url = "https://github.com/martanne/abduco/commit/a1e222308119b3251f00b42e1ddff74a385d4249.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-eiF0A4IqJrrvXxjBYtltuVNpxQDv/iQPO+K7Y8hWBGg=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://brain-dump.org/projects/abduco";
     license = licenses.isc;