diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/htop/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/htop/default.nix
index 750ff8e59ef2..992067da50f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/htop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/htop/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 { lib, fetchurl, stdenv, ncurses,
-IOKit }:
+IOKit, python }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "htop-${version}";
-  version = "2.0.2";
+  version = "2.1.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    sha256 = "11zlwadm6dpkrlfvf3z3xll26yyffa7qrxd1w72y1kl0rgffk6qp";
     url = "http://hisham.hm/htop/releases/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0j07z0xm2gj1vzvbgh4323k4db9mr7drd7gw95mmpqi61ncvwq1j";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ python ];
   buildInputs =
     [ ncurses ] ++
     lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ IOKit ];
 
+  prePatch = ''
+    patchShebangs scripts/MakeHeader.py
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "An interactive process viewer for Linux";
     homepage = https://hisham.hm/htop/;