diff --git a/srcpkgs/mate-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/mate-desktop/template
index 5a032d00e3c..56462474a9f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mate-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mate-desktop/template
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'mate-desktop'
 pkgname=mate-desktop
-version=1.26.2
+version=1.28.1
 revision=1
-build_style=gnu-configure
+build_style=meson
 build_helper="gir"
-configure_args="--disable-static --disable-schemas-compile $(vopt_enable gir introspection)"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool glib-devel librsvg-utils"
-makedepends="gtk+3-devel dconf-devel libXrandr-devel startup-notification-devel"
+configure_args="$(vopt_bool gir introspection) -Dstartup-notification=enabled"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config gettext glib-devel librsvg-utils iso-codes"
+makedepends="gtk+3-devel dconf-devel libXrandr-devel startup-notification-devel
+ iso-codes gdk-pixbuf-devel libglib-devel"
 depends="dconf hicolor-icon-theme dejavu-fonts-ttf"
 short_desc="Library with common API for various MATE modules"
 maintainer="skmpz <dem.procopiou@gmail.com>"
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://mate-desktop.org"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mate-desktop/mate-desktop/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="https://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${version%.*}/mate-desktop-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=5ed03f7c52d7b7ece49ca1e736aa766aefeb5c639eab3e68c7090c530d02376a
+checksum=71ed1bcf775e2cbba4d80a73c33c795d3864e6ce429a37eed875885ac86b206e
+make_check=no # only abi check, failure
 
 # Package build options
 build_options="gir"
@@ -27,7 +29,6 @@ mate-desktop-devel_package() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/*.so
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-		vmove usr/share/gtk-doc
 		if [ "$build_option_gir" ]; then
 			vmove usr/share/gir-1.0
 		fi