diff --git a/pkgs/games/1oom/default.nix b/pkgs/games/1oom/default.nix
index 54bfb4d0b321..487a08f75297 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/1oom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/1oom/default.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,34 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, autoreconfHook, libsamplerate, SDL2, SDL2_mixer, readline }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gitUpdater, autoreconfHook, allegro, libsamplerate, libX11, libXext, SDL, SDL_mixer, SDL2, SDL2_mixer, readline }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "1oom";
-  version = "1.0";
+  version = "1.8.1";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitLab {
-    owner = "KilgoreTroutMaskReplicant";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-+HwSykSyAGHtITVOu4nIG87kWwVxGyFXb/NRSjhWlvs=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "1oom-fork";
+    repo = "1oom";
+    rev = "refs/tags/f${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-sBVcPR4+MDjyOLgrB4VcVy0cDyyG5MVY9vNhWwqAhBA=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
-  buildInputs = [ libsamplerate SDL2 SDL2_mixer readline ];
+  buildInputs = [ allegro libsamplerate libX11 libXext SDL SDL_mixer SDL2 SDL2_mixer readline ];
 
   outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     install -d $doc/share/doc/${pname}
     install -t $doc/share/doc/${pname} \
-      HACKING NEWS PHILOSOPHY README doc/*.txt
+      HACKING NEWS PHILOSOPHY README.md doc/*.txt
   '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
+    rev-prefix = "f";
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://kilgoretroutmaskreplicant.gitlab.io/plain-html/";
-    description = "Master of Orion (1993) game engine recreation";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/1oom-fork/1oom";
+    description = "Master of Orion (1993) game engine recreation; a more updated fork";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];