diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
index 1c698809791bf..9a908039b8f5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ let
   inherit (self) callPackage;
 in
 {
+  inherit (pkgs) emacspeak;
+
   acm = callPackage ./manual-packages/acm { };
 
   acm-terminal = callPackage ./manual-packages/acm-terminal { };
@@ -31,8 +33,6 @@ in
 
   elisp-ffi = callPackage ./manual-packages/elisp-ffi { };
 
-  emacspeak = callPackage ./manual-packages/emacspeak { };
-
   ess-R-object-popup = callPackage ./manual-packages/ess-R-object-popup { };
 
   evil-markdown = callPackage ./manual-packages/evil-markdown { };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/emacspeak/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/em/emacspeak/package.nix
similarity index 62%
rename from pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/emacspeak/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/em/emacspeak/package.nix
index 5294623584da0..6c18af7807ea9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/emacspeak/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/em/emacspeak/package.nix
@@ -1,34 +1,37 @@
 { lib
-, stdenv
+, emacs
+, espeak-ng
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , makeWrapper
-, emacs
+, stdenv
 , tcl
 , tclx
-, espeak-ng
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "emacspeak";
-  version = "58.0";
+  version = "59.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "tvraman";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
-    hash= "sha256-5pWC17nvy3ZuG0bR//LqDVpKsH5hFSFf63Q33a1BfBk=";
+    repo = "emacspeak";
+    rev = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-npS/wlqI7nBde/2S/rzp79jdfYXIIhgsVs5VizxEDAQ=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     emacs
     makeWrapper
   ];
+
   buildInputs = [
     espeak-ng
     tcl
     tclx
   ];
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   preConfigure = ''
     make config
   '';
@@ -44,17 +47,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp -a .  "$d"
     find "$d" \( -type d -or \( -type f -executable \) \) -execdir chmod 755 {} +
     find "$d" -type f -not -executable -execdir chmod 644 {} +
-    makeWrapper ${emacs}/bin/emacs $out/bin/emacspeak \
+    makeWrapper ${lib.getExe emacs} $out/bin/emacspeak \
         --set DTK_PROGRAM "${placeholder "out"}/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacspeak/servers/espeak" \
         --set TCLLIBPATH "${tclx}/lib" \
         --add-flags '-l "${placeholder "out"}/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacspeak/lisp/emacspeak-setup.elc"'
   '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/tvraman/emacspeak/";
     description = "Emacs extension that provides spoken output";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    changelog = "https://github.com/tvraman/emacspeak/blob/${finalAttrs.src.rev}/etc/NEWS";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2Plus ];
+    mainProgram = "emacspeak";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    # Emacspeak requires a minimal Emacs version; let's use the broken flag
+    broken = lib.versionOlder (lib.getVersion emacs) "29.1";
   };
-}
+})