diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/default.nix
index 0b7e889a631b..7902cf67c8d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libguestfs-${version}";
-  version = "1.34.6";
+  version = "1.36.3";
 
   appliance = fetchurl {
     url = "http://libguestfs.org/download/binaries/appliance/appliance-1.36.1.tar.xz";
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://libguestfs.org/download/1.34-stable/libguestfs-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1bdn6jsxm7krl4bpzwx47lg1xlhp5wfzizy03vspkgcppgp2q36s";
+    url = "http://libguestfs.org/download/1.36-stable/libguestfs-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0dhb69b7svjgnrmbyvizdz5vsgsrr95ypz0qvp3kz83jyj6sa76m";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/libguestfs-syms.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/libguestfs-syms.patch
index 88c9ec0e4309..09c4b1393ce7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/libguestfs-syms.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/libguestfs-syms.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-diff -rupN libguestfs-1.34.4/src/Makefile.am libguestfs-1.34.4-new/src/Makefile.am
---- libguestfs-1.34.4/src/Makefile.am	2017-02-22 07:49:07.322357165 +0000
-+++ libguestfs-1.34.4-new/src/Makefile.am	2017-02-22 07:50:03.437454422 +0000
-@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ libguestfs_la_LIBADD = \
+diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
+--- a/lib/Makefile.am
++++ b/lib/Makefile.am
+@@ -168,8 +168,7 @@ libguestfs_la_LIBADD = \
  # Force libtool to name the library 'libguestfs.so.0.$(MAX_PROC_NR).0'.
  # Include the version script to limit which symbols are exported.
  libguestfs_la_LDFLAGS = \