diff --git a/pkgs/additional/eg25-manager/default.nix b/pkgs/additional/eg25-manager/default.nix
index 09660f3d..7e5db514 100644
--- a/pkgs/additional/eg25-manager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/additional/eg25-manager/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 { lib
 , stdenv
+, callPackage
 , fetchFromGitLab
 , gnugrep
 , meson
@@ -11,12 +12,19 @@
 , scdoc
 , curl
 , glib
-, libgpiod
 , libgudev
 , libusb1
 , modemmanager
 }:
 
+let
+  # eg25-manager needs to be made compatible with libgpiod 2.0 API. see:
+  # - <https://github.com/NixOS/mobile-nixos/pull/573#issuecomment-1666739462>
+  # - <https://gitlab.com/mobian1/eg25-manager/-/issues/45>
+  # nixpkgs libgpiod was bumped 2023-07-29:
+  # - <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/246018>
+  libgpiod1 = callPackage ./libgpiod1.nix { };
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "eg25-manager";
   version = "0.4.6";
@@ -48,22 +56,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     curl
     glib
-    libgpiod
+    libgpiod1
     libgudev
     libusb1
     modemmanager
   ];
 
+  passthru = {
+    inherit libgpiod1;
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Manager daemon for the Quectel EG25 mobile broadband modem";
     homepage = "https://gitlab.com/mobian1/eg25-manager";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    # needs to be made compatible with libgpiod 2.0 API. see:
-    # - <https://github.com/NixOS/mobile-nixos/pull/573#issuecomment-1666739462>
-    # - <https://gitlab.com/mobian1/eg25-manager/-/issues/45>
-    # nixpkgs libgpiod was bumped 2023-07-29:
-    # - <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/246018>
-    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/additional/eg25-manager/libgpiod1.nix b/pkgs/additional/eg25-manager/libgpiod1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8fc4238e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/additional/eg25-manager/libgpiod1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, autoconf-archive, pkg-config, kmod
+, enable-tools ? true
+, enablePython ? false, python3, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libgpiod";
+  version = "1.6.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libgpiod/libgpiod.git/snapshot/libgpiod-${version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-gp1KwmjfB4U2CdZ8/H9HbpqnNssqaKYwvpno+tGXvgo=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ kmod ] ++ lib.optionals enablePython [ python3 ncurses ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoconf-archive
+    pkg-config
+    autoreconfHook
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--enable-tools=${if enable-tools then "yes" else "no"}"
+    "--enable-bindings-cxx"
+    "--prefix=${placeholder "out"}"
+  ] ++ lib.optional enablePython "--enable-bindings-python";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "C library and tools for interacting with the linux GPIO character device";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Since linux 4.8 the GPIO sysfs interface is deprecated. User space should use
+      the character device instead. This library encapsulates the ioctl calls and
+      data structures behind a straightforward API.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libgpiod/libgpiod.git/about/";
+    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.expipiplus1 ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}