diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dict/buildfix.diff b/pkgs/servers/dict/buildfix.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e30fcb2b0380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dict/buildfix.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- Makefile.in~	2011-03-06 18:52:54.000000000 +0100
++++ Makefile.in	2014-01-29 19:04:51.384844897 +0100
+@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
+ 
+ %: %.o
+ 	$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=link $(CC) -o $@ -static \
+-		$^ $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lz ${LIBS}
++	    $(^:.o=.lo) $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lz ${LIBS}
+ 
+ include $(srcdir)/deps
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dict/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dict/default.nix
index 51de674eb9f7..1fb7c24418f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dict/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dict/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, which, bison, flex }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, which, bison, flex, libmaa, zlib, libtool }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "dictd-1.9.15";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.12.1";
+  name = "dictd-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/dict/dictd-1.9.15.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "0p41yf72l0igmshz6vxy3hm51z25600vrnb9j2jpgws4c03fqnac";
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/dict/dictd-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0min6v60b6z5mrymyjfwzx8nv6rdm8pd8phlwl6v2jl5vkngcdx2";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ flex bison which ];
-  
+  buildInputs = [ flex bison which libmaa zlib libtool ];
+
+  patchPhase = "patch -p0 < ${./buildfix.diff}";
   configureFlags = "--datadir=/var/run/current-system/share/dictd";
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Dict protocol server and client";
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; mornfall;
+    maintainers = maintainers.mornfall;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index de32281b89b7..22cf0c516807 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6102,7 +6102,9 @@ let
 
   dico = callPackage ../servers/dico { };
 
-  dict = callPackage ../servers/dict { };
+  dict = callPackage ../servers/dict {
+      libmaa = callPackage ../servers/dict/libmaa.nix {};
+  };
 
   dictdDBs = recurseIntoAttrs (import ../servers/dict/dictd-db.nix {
     inherit builderDefs;