diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
index a044f82baaf1..ae571debe769 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/atom/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib, makeWrapper, gvfs, atomEnv }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib, makeWrapper, gvfs, atomEnv, libXScrnSaver, libxkbfile }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "atom-${version}";
-  version = "1.11.2";
+  version = "1.12.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v${version}/atom-amd64.deb";
-    sha256 = "1mvlj1j0hyvm5di95nn0x99lm5arw2amm1s1va1m73zss3bzlhpm";
+    sha256 = "0grl5lw05gjw9381pr8asgqp9f912li28v0bvl8j6i0ynfy67jmk";
     name = "${name}.deb";
   };
 
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     rm -r $out/share/lintian
     rm -r $out/usr/
     wrapProgram $out/bin/atom \
-      --prefix "PATH" : "${gvfs}/bin"
+      --prefix "PATH" : "${gvfs}/bin" \
+      --prefix LD_PRELOAD : ${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ libXScrnSaver ]}/libXss.so.1 \
+      --prefix LD_PRELOAD : ${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ libxkbfile ]}/libxkbfile.so.1
 
     fixupPhase