diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paps/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paps/package.nix
index f99da48d4fb2..20d66b612011 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paps/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paps/package.nix
@@ -2,42 +2,57 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  autoconf,
-  automake,
+  fetchpatch,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
   pkg-config,
-  intltool,
+  fmt,
+  glib,
   pango,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "paps";
-  version = "0.7.1";
+  version = "0.8.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "dov";
     repo = "paps";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "129wpm2ayxs6qfh2761d4x9c034ivb2bcmmcnl56qs4448qb9495";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-bNF/kZl/fGAT+He9kMHYj5ERhJwCJJABjhV3H+bs3D0=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # remove when 0.8.1 is released
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/dov/paps/commit/e9270aaac5e0b8018a6fad9a562ee48e7b2c3113.patch";
+      name = "fix-g_utf8_next_char-cast";
+      hash = "sha256-fedkyjd8cGFUuUQCbGii7wfMCmK6vye/1/vHWuJiJI4=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoconf
-    automake
+    meson
+    ninja
     pkg-config
-    intltool
   ];
-  buildInputs = [ pango ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    fmt
+    glib
+    pango
+  ];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    ./autogen.sh
-  '';
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+  doInstallCheck = true;
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Pango to PostScript converter";
     homepage = "https://github.com/dov/paps";
-    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl2;
     maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     mainProgram = "paps";
   };
-}
+})