diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
index 6ace09bb753c..def683882dc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, pkgconfig, gtk2, gtkspell2, aspell
-, gstreamer, gst_plugins_base, gst_plugins_good, startupnotification, gettext
-, perl, perlXMLParser, libxml2, nss, nspr, farsight2
+, gst_all_1, startupnotification, gettext
+, perl, perlXMLParser, libxml2, nss, nspr, farstream, farsight2
 , libXScrnSaver, ncurses, avahi, dbus, dbus_glib, intltool, libidn
 , lib, python, libICE, libXext, libSM
 , openssl ? null
@@ -14,21 +14,23 @@
 let unwrapped = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "pidgin-${version}";
   majorVersion = "2";
-  version = "${majorVersion}.10.11";
+  version = "${majorVersion}.11.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/pidgin/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "01s0q30qrjlzj7kkz6f8lvrwsdd55a9yjh2xjjwyyxzw849j3bpj";
+    sha256 = "0crkggjj6y07v1kdwil9vw532b0vrs6p33nmlvdkpnl60m2169pp";
   };
 
   inherit nss ncurses;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base.dev}/include/gstreamer-1.0";
+
   buildInputs = [
-    gtkspell2 aspell
-    gstreamer gst_plugins_base gst_plugins_good startupnotification
-    libxml2 nss nspr farsight2
+    gtkspell2 aspell startupnotification
+    gst_all_1.gstreamer gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base gst_all_1.gst-plugins-good
+    libxml2 nss nspr farstream farsight2
     libXScrnSaver ncurses python
     avahi dbus dbus_glib intltool libidn
     libICE libXext libSM
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ let unwrapped = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pkgconfig gtk2 perl perlXMLParser gettext
   ];
 
-  patches = [./pidgin-makefile.patch ./add-search-path.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./pidgin-makefile.patch ./add-search-path.patch ];
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-nspr-includes=${nspr.dev}/include/nspr"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-makefile.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-makefile.patch
index 2812496effaf..049d404a8d5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-makefile.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-makefile.patch
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-diff -ru pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/Makefile.am pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/Makefile.am
---- pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/Makefile.am	2009-11-30 04:13:54.000000000 +0100
-+++ pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/Makefile.am	2009-12-27 17:30:58.000000000 +0100
-@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
+diff --git a/pidgin/Makefile.am b/pidgin/Makefile.am
+index 84d927b..1467c19 100644
+--- a/pidgin/Makefile.am
++++ b/pidgin/Makefile.am
+@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ pidgin_LDADD = \
  	$(GLIB_LIBS) \
  	$(DBUS_LIBS) \
  	$(GSTREAMER_LIBS) \
 +	$(GSTINTERFACES_LIBS) \
+ 	$(GSTVIDEO_LIBS) \
  	$(XSS_LIBS) \
  	$(SM_LIBS) \
- 	$(INTLLIBS) \
-@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@
+@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
  	-I$(top_srcdir) \
  	$(GLIB_CFLAGS) \
  	$(GSTREAMER_CFLAGS) \
@@ -17,18 +18,19 @@ diff -ru pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/Makefile.am pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/Makefile.am
  	$(DEBUG_CFLAGS) \
  	$(GTK_CFLAGS) \
  	$(DBUS_CFLAGS) \
-diff -ru pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/Makefile.in pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/Makefile.in
---- pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/Makefile.in	2009-11-30 05:12:21.000000000 +0100
-+++ pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/Makefile.in	2009-12-27 17:30:36.000000000 +0100
-@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@
+diff --git a/pidgin/Makefile.in b/pidgin/Makefile.in
+index 0d51e25..dd5d879 100644
+--- a/pidgin/Makefile.in
++++ b/pidgin/Makefile.in
+@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
  @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(GLIB_LIBS) \
  @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(DBUS_LIBS) \
  @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(GSTREAMER_LIBS) \
 +@ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(GSTINTERFACES_LIBS) \
+ @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(GSTVIDEO_LIBS) \
  @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(XSS_LIBS) \
  @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(SM_LIBS) \
- @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(INTLLIBS) \
-@@ -666,6 +667,7 @@
+@@ -723,6 +724,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
  @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	-I$(top_srcdir) \
  @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(GLIB_CFLAGS) \
  @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(GSTREAMER_CFLAGS) \
@@ -36,23 +38,25 @@ diff -ru pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/Makefile.in pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/Makefile.in
  @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(DEBUG_CFLAGS) \
  @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(GTK_CFLAGS) \
  @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(DBUS_CFLAGS) \
-diff -ru pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.am pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.am
---- pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.am	2009-11-30 04:13:57.000000000 +0100
-+++ pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.am	2009-12-27 16:58:50.000000000 +0100
-@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
- 	$(DEBUG_CFLAGS) \
+diff --git a/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.am b/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.am
+index 3bb8c22..6d1e869 100644
+--- a/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.am
++++ b/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.am
+@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
  	$(GTK_CFLAGS) \
+ 	$(UNITY_CFLAGS) \
  	$(GSTREAMER_CFLAGS) \
 +	$(GSTINTERFACES_CFLAGS) \
  	$(PLUGIN_CFLAGS)
  
  #
-diff -ru pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.in pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.in
---- pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.in	2009-11-30 05:12:22.000000000 +0100
-+++ pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.in	2009-12-27 16:59:13.000000000 +0100
-@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@
- 	$(DEBUG_CFLAGS) \
+diff --git a/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.in b/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.in
+index 82a34aa..1f7db00 100644
+--- a/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.in
++++ b/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.in
+@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
  	$(GTK_CFLAGS) \
+ 	$(UNITY_CFLAGS) \
  	$(GSTREAMER_CFLAGS) \
 +	$(GSTINTERFACES_CFLAGS) \
  	$(PLUGIN_CFLAGS)