diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index 950961ee9f..e49658cbcc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Kei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Rutger Helling <rhelling@mykolab.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -462,7 +463,7 @@ (define-public wayland-protocols
 (define-public weston
   (package
     (name "weston")
-    (version "2.0.0")
+    (version "3.0.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
@@ -470,7 +471,7 @@ (define-public weston
                     "weston-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1n35acsknwqfhsni854q5mjq2gnbnfdvinh92rpij67i4yn4dr5l"))))
+                "19936zlkb75xcaidd8fag4ah8000wrh2ziqy7nxkq36pimgdbqfd"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)