diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gengetopt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gengetopt/default.nix
index b6758cb0bc2a..a1a02632478c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gengetopt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gengetopt/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, texinfo, help2man }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "gengetopt-2.22.6";
+  pname = "gengetopt";
+  version = "2.23";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnu/gengetopt/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1xq1kcfs6hri101ss4dhym0jn96z4v6jdvx288mfywadc245mc1h";
+    url = "mirror://gnu/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1b44fn0apsgawyqa4alx2qj5hls334mhbszxsy6rfr0q074swhdr";
   };
 
   doCheck = true;
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ texinfo help2man ];
+
+  #Fix, see #28255
   postPatch = ''
-    sed -e 's/set -o posix/set +o posix/' -i configure
+    substituteInPlace configure --replace \
+      'set -o posix' \
+      'set +o posix'
   '';
 
   meta = {