diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix
index 69f86e020c79..098378701d57 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ assert qt4Support -> qt4 != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "avahi-${version}";
-  version = "0.6.32";
+  version = "0.7";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/releases/download/v${version}/avahi-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0m5l3ny9i2z1l27y4wm731c0zdkmfn6l1szbajx0ljjiblc92jfm";
+    sha256 = "0128n7jlshw4bpx0vg8lwj8qwdisjxi7mvniwfafgnkzzrfrpaap";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./no-mkdir-localstatedir.patch ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/no-mkdir-localstatedir.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/no-mkdir-localstatedir.patch
index a8a1878cc90e..72965c9f0282 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/no-mkdir-localstatedir.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/no-mkdir-localstatedir.patch
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Don't "mkdir $(localstatedir)" since we can't do it (/var).
 
---- avahi-0.6.27/avahi-daemon/Makefile.in	2010-07-13 05:06:35.000000000 +0200
-+++ avahi-0.6.27/avahi-daemon/Makefile.in	2010-07-13 18:03:45.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1554,7 +1554,6 @@ xmllint:
+--- a/avahi-daemon/Makefile.in
++++ b/avahi-daemon/Makefile.in
+@@ -1625,7 +1625,6 @@ xmllint:
  	done
  
  install-data-local:
--	test -z "$(localstatedir)/run" || $(MKDIR_P) "$(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/run"
+-	test -z "$(avahi_runtime_dir)" || $(MKDIR_P) "$(DESTDIR)$(avahi_runtime_dir)"
  
  update-systemd:
  	curl http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/plain/src/sd-daemon.c > sd-daemon.c