diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/clone_detached.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/clone_detached.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..682de656459e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/clone_detached.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+From 222f1e980ab84ffd3a21001feaf06dd537570a1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ian Farmer <ian@ianfarmer.net>
+Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:38:10 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Update Chromium dev channel version to 26.0.1410.5.
+
+This version requires a patch for compatibility with versions
+of glibc that support older kernel versions.
+
+--- a/content/common/sandbox_seccomp_bpf_linux.cc	2013-02-15 23:26:06.000000000 -0800
++++ b/content/common/sandbox_seccomp_bpf_linux.cc	2013-02-15 23:26:24.000000000 -0800
+@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@
+     return Sandbox::Cond(0, ErrorCode::TP_32BIT, ErrorCode::OP_EQUAL,
+         CLONE_VM | CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | CLONE_SIGHAND |
+         CLONE_THREAD | CLONE_SYSVSEM | CLONE_SETTLS |
+-        CLONE_PARENT_SETTID | CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID,
++        CLONE_PARENT_SETTID | CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID | CLONE_DETACHED,
+         ErrorCode(ErrorCode::ERR_ALLOWED),
+         Sandbox::Trap(ReportCloneFailure, NULL));
+   } else {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
index 3aeaf41ad571..d2fef932a786 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 , glib, gtk, dbus_glib
 , libXScrnSaver, libXcursor, mesa
 
+# dependencies for >= v26
+, protobuf, speechd, libXdamage
+
 # optional dependencies
 , libgcrypt ? null # gnomeSupport || cupsSupport
 
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ let
     use_system_xdg_utils = true;
     use_system_yasm = true;
     use_system_zlib = false; # http://crbug.com/143623
+    use_system_protobuf = post25;
 
     use_system_harfbuzz = false;
     use_system_icu = false;
@@ -78,6 +82,7 @@ let
 
   post23 = !versionOlder sourceInfo.version "24.0.0.0";
   post24 = !versionOlder sourceInfo.version "25.0.0.0";
+  post25 = !versionOlder sourceInfo.version "26.0.0.0";
   only24 = post23 && !post24;
 
   maybeFixPulseAudioBuild = optional (only24 && pulseSupport)
@@ -109,7 +114,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional enableSELinux libselinux
     ++ optional cupsSupport libgcrypt
     ++ optional pulseSupport pulseaudio
-    ++ optional post24 pciutils;
+    ++ optional post24 pciutils
+    ++ optionals post25 [ protobuf speechd libXdamage ];
 
   opensslPatches = optional useOpenSSL openssl.patches;
 
@@ -117,12 +123,16 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = optional cupsSupport ./cups_allow_deprecated.patch
          ++ optional pulseSupport ./pulseaudio_array_bounds.patch
-         ++ maybeFixPulseAudioBuild;
+         ++ maybeFixPulseAudioBuild
+         ++ optional post25 ./clone_detached.patch;
 
   postPatch = optionalString useOpenSSL ''
     cat $opensslPatches | patch -p1 -d third_party/openssl/openssl
   '' + optionalString post24 ''
     sed -i -r -e "s/-f(stack-protector)(-all)?/-fno-\1/" build/common.gypi
+  '' + optionalString post25 ''
+    sed -i -e 's|/usr/bin/gcc|gcc|' \
+      third_party/WebKit/Source/WebCore/WebCore.gyp/WebCore.gyp
   '';
 
   gypFlags = mkGypFlags (gypFlagsUseSystemLibs // {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/sources.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/sources.nix
index 416e08c0c97f..da3de4c968d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/sources.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/sources.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # This file is autogenerated from update.sh in the same directory.
 {
   dev = {
-    version = "25.0.1364.36";
-    url = "http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-official/chromium-25.0.1364.36.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1pn7qv1s6lcx8k26h89x9zdy43rzdq12f92s2l6cfdhr9ls9wv0s";
+    version = "26.0.1410.10";
+    url = "http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-official/chromium-26.0.1410.10.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1s5c69j0g2nanapvq3fmkc5iv7s53x2q5d8fxgdzd7c5c8pzlbby";
   };
   beta = {
     version = "25.0.1364.84";