diff --git a/packaging/dependencies.nix b/packaging/dependencies.nix
index 17ba06b4d..5f1dc55e6 100644
--- a/packaging/dependencies.nix
+++ b/packaging/dependencies.nix
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ scope: {
         NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DINITIAL_MARK_STACK_SIZE=1048576";
       });
 
+  lowdown = pkgs.lowdown.overrideAttrs (prevAttrs: rec {
+    version = "2.0.2";
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/snapshots/lowdown-${version}.tar.gz";
+      hash = "sha512-cfzhuF4EnGmLJf5EGSIbWqJItY3npbRSALm+GarZ7SMU7Hr1xw0gtBFMpOdi5PBar4TgtvbnG4oRPh+COINGlA==";
+    };
+    nativeBuildInputs = prevAttrs.nativeBuildInputs ++ [ pkgs.bmake ];
+    postInstall =
+      lib.replaceStrings [ "lowdown.so.1" "lowdown.1.dylib" ] [ "lowdown.so.2" "lowdown.2.dylib" ]
+        prevAttrs.postInstall;
+  });
+
   # TODO Hack until https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/45462 is fixed.
   boost =
     (pkgs.boost.override {