diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/chatty.nix b/hosts/common/programs/chatty.nix
index d222dedf..36478b01 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/chatty.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/chatty.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,32 @@
 { pkgs, ... }:
-{
-  sane.programs.chatty = {
-    package = pkgs.chatty.override {
-      # the OAuth feature (presumably used for web-based logins) pulls a full webkitgtk.
-      # especially when using the gtk3 version of evolution-data-server, it's an ancient webkitgtk_4_1.
-      # disable OAuth for a faster build & smaller closure
-      evolution-data-server = pkgs.evolution-data-server.override {
-        enableOAuth2 = false;
-        gnome-online-accounts = pkgs.gnome-online-accounts.override {
-          # disables the upstream "goabackend" feature -- presumably "Google Online Account"?
-          # frees us from webkit_4_1, in turn.
-          enableBackend = false;
-        };
+let
+  chattyNoOauth = pkgs.chatty.override {
+    # the OAuth feature (presumably used for web-based logins) pulls a full webkitgtk.
+    # especially when using the gtk3 version of evolution-data-server, it's an ancient webkitgtk_4_1.
+    # disable OAuth for a faster build & smaller closure
+    evolution-data-server = pkgs.evolution-data-server.override {
+      enableOAuth2 = false;
+      gnome-online-accounts = pkgs.gnome-online-accounts.override {
+        # disables the upstream "goabackend" feature -- presumably "Gnome Online Accounts Backend"
+        # frees us from webkit_4_1, in turn.
+        enableBackend = false;
       };
     };
-
+  };
+  chatty-latest = pkgs.chatty-latest.override {
+    evolution-data-server-gtk4 = pkgs.evolution-data-server-gtk4.override {
+      gnome-online-accounts = pkgs.gnome-online-accounts.override {
+        # disables the upstream "goabackend" feature -- presumably "Gnome Online Accounts Backend"
+        # frees us from webkit_4_1, in turn.
+        enableBackend = false;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+in
+{
+  sane.programs.chatty = {
+    # package = chattyNoOauth;
+    package = chatty-latest;
     suggestedPrograms = [ "gnome-keyring" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/additional/chatty-latest/default.nix b/pkgs/additional/chatty-latest/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3e3de04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/additional/chatty-latest/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+{ chatty
+, fetchFromGitLab
+, appstream-glib
+, desktop-file-utils
+, itstool
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pkg-config
+, python3
+# , wrapGAppsHook
+# , evolution-data-server
+, feedbackd
+, glibmm
+, gnome-desktop
+, gspell
+# , gtk3
+, json-glib
+, libgcrypt
+, libhandy
+, libphonenumber
+, modemmanager
+, olm
+, pidgin
+, protobuf
+, sqlite
+# NEW
+, evolution-data-server-gtk4
+, gtk4
+, libadwaita
+, wrapGAppsHook4
+}:
+chatty.overrideAttrs (upstream: {
+  pname = "chatty-latest";
+  version = "unstable-2023-08-01";
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "source.puri.sm";
+    owner = "Librem5";
+    repo = "chatty";
+    rev = "ca556b7df539b37e08ed2c73e2beb2b6cc7b91f3";
+    hash = "sha256-Tzdai2VU9wh/HW52uB+9uzpQymZmTqwiGqB6N20IvxE=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    appstream-glib
+    desktop-file-utils
+    itstool
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+    python3
+    #wrapGAppsHook
+
+    # NEW
+    wrapGAppsHook4
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    # evolution-data-server
+    feedbackd
+    glibmm
+    gnome-desktop
+    gspell
+    # gtk3
+    json-glib
+    libgcrypt
+    libhandy
+    libphonenumber
+    modemmanager
+    olm
+    pidgin
+    protobuf
+    sqlite
+
+    # NEW
+    libadwaita
+    gtk4
+    evolution-data-server-gtk4
+  ];
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index 71cdf010..609932c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ let
     bonsai = unpatched.bonsai or (callPackage ./additional/bonsai { });
     bootpart-uefi-x86_64 = callPackage ./additional/bootpart-uefi-x86_64 { };
     cargoDocsetHook = callPackage ./additional/cargo-docset/hook.nix { };
+    chatty-latest = callPackage ./additional/chatty-latest { };
     feeds = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./additional/feeds { });
     lemoa = callPackage ./additional/lemoa { };
     jellyfin-media-player-qt6 = callPackage ./additional/jellyfin-media-player-qt6 { };