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diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/os-specific/linux/light/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/os-specific/linux/light/default.nix
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+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, coreutils }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.2";
+  name = "light-${version}";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "haikarainen";
+    repo = "light";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1h286va0r1xgxlnxfaaarrj3qhxmjjsivfn3khwm0wq1mhkfihra";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-udev" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  # ensure udev rules can find the commands used
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace 90-backlight.rules \
+      --replace '/bin/chgrp' '${coreutils}/bin/chgrp' \
+      --replace '/bin/chmod' '${coreutils}/bin/chmod'
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "GNU/Linux application to control backlights";
+    homepage = https://haikarainen.github.io/light/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ puffnfresh dtzWill ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}