diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/st/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/st/default.nix
index 70089759626f..41575ce35a69 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/st/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/st/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, ncurses, libXext, libXft }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, writeText, libX11, ncurses, libXext, libXft, fontconfig
+, conf? null}:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "st-0.3";
+  name = "st-0.4.1";
   
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://dl.suckless.org/st/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0d0fjixiis4ixbz4l18rqhnssa7cy2bap3jkjyphqlqhl7lahv3d";
+    sha256 = "0cdzwbm5fxrwz8ryxkh90d3vwx54wjyywgj28ymsb5fdv3396bzf";
   };
+
+  configFile = optionalString (conf!=null) (writeText "config.def.h" conf);
+  preBuild = optionalString (conf!=null) "cp ${configFile} config.def.h";
   
-  buildInputs = [ libX11 ncurses libXext libXft ];
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 ncurses libXext libXft fontconfig ];
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lfontconfig";
 
   installPhase = ''
     TERMINFO=$out/share/terminfo make install PREFIX=$out
@@ -17,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = http://st.suckless.org/;
     license = "MIT";
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric];
-    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [viric];
+    platforms = with platforms; linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fd173c744867..cb5bffa91262 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7853,7 +7853,9 @@ let
 
   skype_call_recorder = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/skype-call-recorder { };
 
-  st = callPackage ../applications/misc/st { };
+  st = callPackage ../applications/misc/st {
+    conf = config.st.conf or null;
+  };
 
   bittorrentSync = callPackage ../applications/networking/bittorrentsync { };