diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/desktop-file-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/desktop-file-utils/default.nix
index fd63016ddb8..4266f4ab768 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/desktop-file-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/desktop-file-utils/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "desktop-file-utils-0.16";
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "desktop-file-utils-0.15";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/desktop-file-utils-0.15.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "2fe8ebe222fc33cd4a959415495b7eed";
+    url = "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "18y9am8n43rrnnldd1cy09ls39xz1gx3qczax2c4cjxayx5vwq3r";
   };
+
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glib ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils;
+    description = "Command line utilities for working with .desktop files";
+  };
 }