diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/shared-mime-info/default.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/shared-mime-info/default.nix
index c69a9802c0c8d..a2e301f40ecb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/misc/shared-mime-info/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/misc/shared-mime-info/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
-, fetchurl
+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, fetchFromGitLab
+, fetchpatch
+, meson
+, ninja
 , pkg-config
 , gettext
-, perlPackages
 , itstool
 , libxml2
 , glib
@@ -10,31 +13,47 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "shared-mime-info";
-  version = "1.13.1";
+  version = "2.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/${pname}/uploads/5349e18c86eb96eee258a5c1f19122d0/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1bic8z5nz08qxv1x6zlxnx2j4cmlzm12kygrn3rrh1djqxdhma3f";
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
+    owner = "xdg";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "07bxv44p43pqq4ymfnyy50yli7lwdqymhvclna42rkn1cazq3vb5";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # xmlto is only used for building the docs, which are not installed anyways.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "xmlto-optional.patch";
+      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info/-/merge_requests/110.patch";
+      sha256 = "0p5gxlcmn8ji5bc7pd105s1halqwa1d28lfx9yj43rn6mav7allx";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
     pkg-config
     gettext
     itstool
-  ] ++ (with perlPackages; [
-    perl XMLParser
-  ]);
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     libxml2
     glib
   ];
 
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "-Dupdate-mimedb=true"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A database of common MIME types";
     homepage = "http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/shared-mime-info";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.mimame ];
+    maintainers = teams.freedesktop.members ++ [ maintainers.mimame ];
   };
 }