diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus/default.nix
index 3e17e721f7be..8b830c257f07 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus/default.nix
@@ -1,42 +1,71 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, python, intltool, pkgconfig
-, gnome3, atk, pygobject3, dbus, libnotify, isocodes, gobjectIntrospection, wayland }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper
+, intltool, isocodes, pkgconfig
+, python3, pygobject3
+, gtk2, gtk3, atk, dconf, glib
+, dbus, libnotify, gobjectIntrospection, wayland
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "ibus-${version}";
-  version = "1.5.11";
+  version = "1.5.13";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/ibus/ibus/releases/download/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1g26llizd26h9sfz4xdq8krhz19hn08pirvfbkk3g89ri8lmm6a9";
+    sha256 = "1wd5azlsgdih8qw6gi15rv130s6d90846n3r1ccwmp6z882xhwzd";
   };
 
-  configureFlags = "--disable-gconf --enable-dconf --disable-memconf --enable-ui --enable-python-library";
+  postPatch = ''
+    # These paths will be set in the wrapper.
+    sed -e "/export IBUS_DATAROOTDIR/ s/^.*$//" \
+        -e "/export IBUS_LIBEXECDIR/ s/^.*$//" \
+        -e "/export IBUS_LOCALEDIR/ s/^.*$//" \
+        -e "/export IBUS_PREFIX/ s/^.*$//" \
+        -i "setup/ibus-setup.in"
+  '';
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    makeWrapper python gnome3.glib wayland
-    intltool pkgconfig gnome3.gtk2
-    gnome3.gtk3 dbus gnome3.dconf gnome3.gconf
-    libnotify isocodes gobjectIntrospection
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--disable-gconf"
+    "--enable-dconf"
+    "--disable-memconf"
+    "--enable-ui"
+    "--enable-python-library"
   ];
 
+  buildInputs = [
+    python3 pygobject3
+    intltool isocodes pkgconfig
+    gtk2 gtk3 dconf glib
+    dbus libnotify gobjectIntrospection wayland
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
   preConfigure = ''
+    # Fix hard-coded installation paths, so make does not try to overwrite our
+    # Python installation.
+    sed -e "/py2overridesdir=/ s|=.*$|=$out/lib/${python3.libPrefix}|" \
+        -e "/pyoverridesdir=/ s|=.*$|=$out/lib/${python3.libPrefix}|" \
+        -e "/PYTHON2_LIBDIR/ s|=.*|=$out/lib/${python3.libPrefix}|" \
+        -i configure
+
+    # Don't try to generate a system-wide dconf database; it wouldn't work.
     substituteInPlace data/dconf/Makefile.in --replace "dconf update" "echo"
-    sed -i "s|PYTHON2_LIBDIR=.*|PYTHON2_LIBDIR=$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}|" configure
   '';
 
   preFixup = ''
-    for f in "$out"/bin/*; do
-      wrapProgram "$f" --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$out/share:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH" \
-                       --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$(toPythonPath ${pygobject3})" \
-                       --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${gnome3.gtk3}/lib:${atk}/lib:$out/lib" \
-                       --prefix GI_TYPELIB_PATH : "$GI_TYPELIB_PATH:$out/lib/girepository-1.0" \
-                       --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${gnome3.dconf}/lib/gio/modules"
+    for f in "$out/bin"/*; do #*/
+      wrapProgram "$f" \
+        --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$out/share:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH" \
+        --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$PYTHONPATH" \
+        --prefix GI_TYPELIB_PATH : "$GI_TYPELIB_PATH:$out/lib/girepository-1.0" \
+        --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${dconf}/lib/gio/modules"
     done
   '';
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/ibus/ibus;
     description = "Intelligent Input Bus for Linux / Unix OS";
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ttuegel ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 71695b6b28be..29bb2dd1306e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1162,7 +1162,10 @@ let
 
   m17n_lib = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/m17n-lib { };
 
-  ibus = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus { };
+  ibus = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus {
+    inherit (python3Packages) pygobject3;
+    inherit (gnome3) dconf glib;
+  };
 
   ibus-qt = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus/ibus-qt.nix { };