diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libutempter/Makefile-add-STATIC-and-DYNAMIC-build-variables.patch b/pkgs/by-name/li/libutempter/Makefile-add-STATIC-and-DYNAMIC-build-variables.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..edc4e02f58cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libutempter/Makefile-add-STATIC-and-DYNAMIC-build-variables.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From fe256f79a66e1098707dd1e5b79ed4920d7a13c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Henri Menke <henri@henrimenke.de>
+Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 07:12:04 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Makefile: add STATIC and DYNAMIC build variables
+
+---
+ libutempter/Makefile | 15 ++++++++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/libutempter/Makefile b/libutempter/Makefile
+index 5634d03..7014ca4 100644
+--- a/libutempter/Makefile
++++ b/libutempter/Makefile
+@@ -27,7 +27,15 @@ SONAME = $(SHAREDLIB).$(MAJOR)
+ STATICLIB = lib$(PROJECT).a
+ MAP = lib$(PROJECT).map
+ 
+-TARGETS = $(PROJECT) $(SHAREDLIB)
++STATIC ?= 0
++DYNAMIC ?= 1
++TARGETS = $(PROJECT)
++ifeq ($(DYNAMIC),1)
++TARGETS += $(SHAREDLIB)
++endif
++ifeq ($(STATIC),1)
++TARGETS += $(STATICLIB)
++endif
+ 
+ INSTALL = install
+ libdir = /usr/lib
+@@ -81,9 +89,14 @@ install:
+ 		$(DESTDIR)$(includedir) $(DESTDIR)$(man3dir)
+ 	$(INSTALL) -p -m2711 $(PROJECT) $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/$(PROJECT)/
+ 	$(INSTALL) -p -m644 $(PROJECT).h $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/
++ifeq ($(DYNAMIC),1)
+ 	$(INSTALL) -p -m755 $(SHAREDLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(SHAREDLIB).$(VERSION)
+ 	ln -fns $(SHAREDLIB).$(VERSION) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(SONAME)
+ 	ln -fns $(SONAME) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(SHAREDLIB)
++endif
++ifeq ($(STATIC),1)
++	$(INSTALL) -p -m644 $(STATICLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/
++endif
+ 	$(INSTALL) -p -m644 $(PROJECT).3 $(DESTDIR)$(man3dir)/
+ 	for n in lib$(PROJECT) utempter_add_record utempter_remove_record \
+ 	    utempter_remove_added_record utempter_set_helper; do \
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libutempter/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libutempter/package.nix
index ad5f97928c718..55cbc1e93802f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libutempter/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libutempter/package.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,35 @@
 {
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   lib,
   glib,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "libutempter";
-  version = "1.2.1";
+  version = "1.2.3";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/ldv/utempter/libutempter-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-ln/vNy85HeUBhDrYdXDGz12r2WUfAPF4MJD7wSsqNMs=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "altlinux";
+    repo = "libutempter";
+    tag = "${finalAttrs.version}-alt1";
+    hash = "sha256-CiRZiEXzfOrtx1XXdMG2QZqzRtvY5mdA4SwTHRxkLUI=";
   };
 
+  sourceRoot = "${finalAttrs.src.name}/libutempter";
+
   buildInputs = [ glib ];
 
-  patches = [ ./exec_path.patch ];
+  patches = [
+    ./exec_path.patch
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "build-overwrite-already-existing-symlinks-during-ins.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/altlinux/libutempter/commit/717116b93d496a19f7f8abf8702517de0053f66e.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-4YaxgbORNm+rlp0YzYKj5a7/zJl1dxo72i/Rei9qulg=";
+    })
+    ./Makefile-add-STATIC-and-DYNAMIC-build-variables.patch # https://github.com/altlinux/libutempter/pull/9
+  ];
 
   patchFlags = [ "-p2" ];
 
@@ -24,12 +37,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     substituteInPlace Makefile --replace 2711 0711
   '';
 
-  makeFlags = [
-    "libdir=\${out}/lib"
-    "libexecdir=\${out}/lib"
-    "includedir=\${out}/include"
-    "mandir=\${out}/share/man"
-  ];
+  makeFlags =
+    lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic [
+      "DYNAMIC=0"
+      "STATIC=1"
+    ]
+    ++ [
+      "libdir=\${out}/lib"
+      "libexecdir=\${out}/lib"
+      "includedir=\${out}/include"
+      "mandir=\${out}/share/man"
+    ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/altlinux/libutempter";