diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/xvfb-run/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/xvfb-run/default.nix
index 06e886e4d04f..11875e73f930 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/xvfb-run/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xvfb-run/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,39 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, xorgserver, getopt
-, xauth, util-linux, which, fontsConf, gawk, coreutils }:
-let
-  xvfb-run = fetchurl {
-    name = "xvfb-run";
-    url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/9cb733cefa92af3fca608fb051d5251160c9bbff/trunk/xvfb-run";
-    sha256 = "1307mz4nr8ga3qz73i8hbcdphky75rq8lrvfk2zm4kmv6pkbk611";
-  };
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+{ lib
+, stdenvNoCC
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, makeWrapper
+, xorgserver
+, getopt
+, xauth
+, util-linux
+, which
+, fontsConf
+, gawk
+, coreutils
+, installShellFiles
+, xterm
+}:
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "xvfb-run";
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-  buildCommand = ''
+  version = "1+g87f6705";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "archlinux";
+    repo = "svntogit-packages";
+    rev = "87f67054c49b32511893acd22be94c47ecd44b4a";
+    sha256 = "sha256-KEg92RYgJd7naHFDKbdXEy075bt6NLcmX8VhQROHVPs=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper installShellFiles ];
+
+  dontUnpack = true;
+  dontBuild = true;
+  dontConfigure = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp ${xvfb-run} $out/bin/xvfb-run
+    cp $src/trunk/xvfb-run $out/bin/xvfb-run
+    installManPage $src/trunk/xvfb-run.1
 
     chmod a+x $out/bin/xvfb-run
     patchShebangs $out/bin/xvfb-run
@@ -21,8 +42,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ getopt xorgserver xauth which util-linux gawk coreutils ]}
   '';
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    (
+      unset PATH
+      echo "running xterm with xvfb-run"
+      $out/bin/xvfb-run ${lib.getBin xterm}/bin/xterm -e true
+    )
+  '';
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = ./update.sh;
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Convenience script to run a virtualized X-Server";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.artturin ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/xvfb-run/update.sh b/pkgs/tools/misc/xvfb-run/update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..e592323154e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xvfb-run/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p curl gnused nix-prefetch jq common-updater-scripts
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+
+set -e
+
+info=$(nix-prefetch-git --quiet --url "https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages" --rev "refs/heads/packages/xorg-server")
+
+rev=$(jq -r '.rev' <<< "$info")
+sha256=$(nix hash to-sri --type sha256 "$(jq -r '.sha256' <<< "$info")")
+dir=$(jq -r '.path' <<< "$info")
+
+newXvfbsha=$(sha256sum "$dir/trunk/xvfb-run")
+oldXvfbsha=$(sha256sum "$(nix build --quiet ".#xvfb-run.src" --json --no-link | jq -r '.[].outputs.out')/trunk/xvfb-run")
+
+if [[ "$newXvfbsha" != "$oldXvfbsha" ]]; then
+    (
+        cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+        update-source-version xvfb-run "1+g${rev:0:7}" "$sha256" --rev="$rev"
+    )
+fi