diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
index 34aa18465c86..1f5de9dba105 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
@@ -1405,11 +1405,11 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (self: with self; {
   }) {};
 
   xcalc = callPackage ({ stdenv, pkgconfig, fetchurl, libX11, libXaw, xorgproto, libXt }: stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    name = "xcalc-1.0.7";
+    name = "xcalc-1.1.0";
     builder = ./builder.sh;
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://xorg/individual/app/xcalc-1.0.7.tar.bz2;
-      sha256 = "08bzaldi76vrj7350d7b04pq7qa1qhi81x8i806yv42zcp8p3lkh";
+      url = mirror://xorg/individual/app/xcalc-1.1.0.tar.bz2;
+      sha256 = "1sxmlcb0sb3h4z05kl5l0kxnhrc0h8c74p9m3zdc7bv58jaldmym";
     };
     hardeningDisable = [ "bindnow" "relro" ];
     nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index 8a1eef6ac1d3..6bcf4d08f386 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -699,4 +699,15 @@ self: super:
       rm $out/bin/xkeystone
     '';
   });
+
+  xcalc = super.xcalc.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+    configureFlags = attrs.configureFlags or [] ++ [
+      "--with-appdefaultdir=${placeholder "out"}/share/X11/app-defaults"
+    ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = attrs.nativeBuildInputs or [] ++ [ makeWrapper ];
+    postInstall = ''
+      wrapProgram $out/bin/xcalc \
+        --set XAPPLRESDIR ${placeholder "out"}/share/X11/app-defaults
+    '';
+  });
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list
index 5326ab5a55a6..6ae5443f2ed8 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ mirror://xorg/individual/app/viewres-1.0.5.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/app/x11perf-1.6.1.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/app/xauth-1.0.10.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/app/xbacklight-1.2.2.tar.bz2
-mirror://xorg/individual/app/xcalc-1.0.7.tar.bz2
+mirror://xorg/individual/app/xcalc-1.1.0.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/app/xclock-1.0.8.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/app/xcmsdb-1.0.5.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/app/xcompmgr-1.1.8.tar.bz2