diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/default.nix
index 1f8d17509f7..894325e5b7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/nerdfonts/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, bash, which }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, bash, which, withFont ? "" }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.7.0";
+  version = "0.8.0";
   name = "nerdfonts-${version}";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ryanoasis";
     repo = "nerd-fonts";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0q2h8hpkbid8idi2kvzx5bnhyh65y51k02g7xpv3drjqj08cz7y0";
+    sha256 = "0n7idfk4460j8g0rw73hzz195pdh4c916hpc5r6dxpvgcmvryzc5";
   };
   dontPatchShebangs = true;
   buildInputs = [ which ];
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
-    ./install.sh
+    ./install.sh ${withFont}
   '';
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Nerd Fonts is a project that attempts to patch as many developer targeted and/or used fonts as possible. The patch is to specifically add a high number of additional glyphs from popular 'iconic fonts' such as Font Awesome, Devicons, Octicons, and others.";