diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glfw/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glfw/3.x.nix
index ab7e312762fc..087be3bb6de0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glfw/3.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glfw/3.x.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, mesa, libXrandr, libXi, libXxf86vm, libXfixes, x11 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, mesa, libXrandr, libXi, libXxf86vm, libXfixes, x11
+, libXinerama, libXcursor
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "glfw-3.0.4";
+  name = "glfw-3.1.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/glfw/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1h7g16ncgkl38w19x4dvnn17k9j0kqfvbb9whw9qc71lkq5xf2ag";
+    sha256 = "0q9dhbj2az7jwwi556zai0qr8zmg6d2lyxcqngppkw0x7hi1d1aa";
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake mesa libXrandr libXi libXxf86vm libXfixes x11 ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    cmake mesa libXrandr libXi libXxf86vm libXfixes x11
+    libXinerama libXcursor
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; { 
     description = "Multi-platform library for creating OpenGL contexts and managing input, including keyboard, mouse, joystick and time";