diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/pystatus.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/pystatus.nix
index 29bda8e4e2b0..1a6d3d591e1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/pystatus.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/pystatus.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,32 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libpulseaudio, python3Packages, extraLibs ? [] }:
 
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+let
+  ldWrapperSuffix = "--suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : \"${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ libpulseaudio ]}\"";
+in python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   # i3pystatus moved to rolling release:
   # https://github.com/enkore/i3pystatus/issues/584
-  version = "unstable-2019-06-10";
+  version = "unstable-2020-06-12";
   pname = "i3pystatus";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub
-  {
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "enkore";
     repo = "i3pystatus";
-    rev = "56ce08d0ff8d5d64950d6b588ebede35a95e0ce2";
-    sha256 = "12938860jbcly1xwhd71jvy2dff28pwv9kqh6mab1859148bzmcg";
+    rev = "dad5eb0c5c8a2ecd20c37ade4732586c6e53f44b";
+    sha256 = "18ygvkl92yr69kxsym57k1mc90asdxpz4b943i61qr0s4fc5n4mq";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [ keyring colour netifaces psutil basiciw ] ++
     [ libpulseaudio ] ++ extraLibs;
 
-  libpulseaudioPath = stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ libpulseaudio ];
-  ldWrapperSuffix = "--suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : \"${libpulseaudioPath}\"";
   # LC_TIME != C results in locale.Error: unsupported locale setting
-  makeWrapperArgs = [ "--set LC_TIME C" ldWrapperSuffix ]; # libpulseaudio.so is loaded manually
+  makeWrapperArgs = [
+    "--set" "LC_TIME" "C"
+    ldWrapperSuffix
+  ]; # libpulseaudio.so is loaded manually
+
+  postConfigure = ''
+    makeWrapperArgs+=("--set" "GI_TYPELIB_PATH" "$GI_TYPELIB_PATH")
+  '';
 
   postInstall = ''
     makeWrapper ${python3Packages.python.interpreter} $out/bin/${pname}-python-interpreter \