diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/niri/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/niri/package.nix
index 3748f3dbf819c..c41c04dd5dd8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/niri/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/niri/package.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,26 @@
-{ lib
-, rustPlatform
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, nix-update-script
-, pkg-config
-, libdisplay-info
-, libxkbcommon
-, pango
-, pipewire
-, seatd
-, stdenv
-, wayland
-, systemd
-, libinput
-, mesa
-, fontconfig
-, libglvnd
-, autoPatchelfHook
-, clang
+{
+  lib,
+  clang,
+  dbus,
+  eudev,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  libdisplay-info,
+  libglvnd,
+  libinput,
+  libxkbcommon,
+  mesa,
+  nix-update-script,
+  pango,
+  pipewire,
+  pkg-config,
+  rustPlatform,
+  seatd,
+  systemd,
+  wayland,
+  withDbus ? true,
+  withDinit ? false,
+  withScreencastSupport ? true,
+  withSystemd ? true,
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
@@ -26,10 +30,16 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "YaLTeR";
     repo = "niri";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
     hash = "sha256-4YDrKMwXGVOBkeaISbxqf24rLuHvO98TnqxWYfgiSeg=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs resources/niri-session
+    substituteInPlace resources/niri.service \
+      --replace-fail '/usr/bin' "$out/bin"
+  '';
+
   cargoLock = {
     lockFile = ./Cargo.lock;
     outputHashes = {
@@ -38,56 +48,79 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     };
   };
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    clang
     pkg-config
     rustPlatform.bindgenHook
-    autoPatchelfHook
-    clang
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    wayland
-    systemd # For libudev
-    seatd # For libseat
-    libdisplay-info
-    libxkbcommon
-    libinput
-    mesa # For libgbm
-    fontconfig
-    stdenv.cc.cc.lib
-    pipewire
-    pango
   ];
 
-  runtimeDependencies = [
-    wayland
-    mesa
-    libglvnd # For libEGL
-  ];
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      libdisplay-info
+      libglvnd # For libEGL
+      libinput
+      libxkbcommon
+      mesa # For libgbm
+      pango
+      seatd
+      wayland # For libwayland-client
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optional (withDbus || withScreencastSupport || withSystemd) dbus
+    ++ lib.optional withScreencastSupport pipewire
+    ++ lib.optional withSystemd systemd # Includes libudev
+    ++ lib.optional (!withSystemd) eudev; # Use an alternative libudev implementation when building w/o systemd
 
-  passthru.providedSessions = [ "niri" ];
+  buildFeatures =
+    lib.optional withDbus "dbus"
+    ++ lib.optional withDinit "dinit"
+    ++ lib.optional withScreencastSupport "xdp-gnome-screencast"
+    ++ lib.optional withSystemd "systemd";
+  buildNoDefaultFeatures = true;
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    patchShebangs ./resources/niri-session
-    substituteInPlace ./resources/niri.service \
-      --replace-fail '/usr/bin' "$out/bin"
-  '';
+  postInstall =
+    ''
+      install -Dm0644 resources/niri.desktop -t $out/share/wayland-sessions
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString withDbus ''
+      install -Dm0644 resources/niri-portals.conf -t $out/share/xdg-desktop-portal
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString withSystemd ''
+      install -Dm0755 resources/niri-session -t $out/bin
+      install -Dm0644 resources/niri{-shutdown.target,.service} -t $out/share/systemd/user
+    '';
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    install -Dm0755 ./resources/niri-session -t $out/bin
-    install -Dm0644 resources/niri.desktop -t $out/share/wayland-sessions
-    install -Dm0644 resources/niri-portals.conf -t $out/share/xdg-desktop-portal
-    install -Dm0644 resources/niri{-shutdown.target,.service} -t $out/share/systemd/user
-  '';
+  env = {
+    # Force linking with libEGL and libwayland-client
+    # so they can be discovered by `dlopen()`
+    RUSTFLAGS = toString (
+      map (arg: "-C link-arg=" + arg) [
+        "-Wl,--push-state,--no-as-needed"
+        "-lEGL"
+        "-lwayland-client"
+        "-Wl,--pop-state"
+      ]
+    );
+  };
 
-  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  passthru = {
+    providedSessions = [ "niri" ];
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  };
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor";
     homepage = "https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ iogamaster foo-dogsquared sodiboo ];
+    changelog = "https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      iogamaster
+      foo-dogsquared
+      sodiboo
+      getchoo
+    ];
     mainProgram = "niri";
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }