diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/15.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/15.2.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..822102b7bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/15.2.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, yacc, flex, pkgconfig, glib, xz}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  version = "0.15.2";
+  name = "vala-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/vala/0.15/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0g71zq6dpqrw2f40wfzdf18fdw41ymr17laqniy2kr622hkxdi8w";
+  };
+
+  buildNativeInputs = [ yacc flex pkgconfig xz ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ glib ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Compiler for the GObject type system";
+    homepage = "http://live.gnome.org/Vala";
+    license = "free-copyleft";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.antono ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/16.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/16.1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54e6af8798d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/16.1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, yacc, flex, pkgconfig, glib, xz}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  version = "0.16.1";
+  name = "vala-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/vala/0.16/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1n708n9ixyy9qrzyv1wf4ybvcclx43ib9ki028wwpvkz6kv8zqlb";
+  };
+
+  buildNativeInputs = [ yacc flex pkgconfig xz ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ glib ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Compiler for the GObject type system";
+    homepage = "http://live.gnome.org/Vala";
+    license = "free-copyleft";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.antono ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/default.nix
index 0aaab91cd81..a60a71e3580 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/vala/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, yacc, flex, pkgconfig, glib, xz}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "vala-0.14.2";
+
+  version = "0.17.2";
+  name = "vala-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnome/sources/vala/0.14/vala-0.14.2.tar.xz;
-    sha256 = "1l5kllw9vpwv24lzv9fp64l3sad46wpxgvsgryrwlrjg91w6jzl0";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/vala/0.17/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "09i2s0dwmrk147ind2dx7nq845g12fp6fsjqrphhrr0dbi0zzgh3";
   };
 
   buildNativeInputs = [ yacc flex pkgconfig xz ];
@@ -15,5 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Compiler for the GObject type system";
     homepage = "http://live.gnome.org/Vala";
+    license = "free-copyleft";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.antono ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e56c8465f47..6c2ec22a9e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2502,7 +2502,13 @@ let
 
   urweb = callPackage ../development/compilers/urweb { };
 
-  vala = callPackage ../development/compilers/vala { };
+  vala = vala17;
+
+  vala15 = callPackage ../development/compilers/vala/15.2.nix { };
+
+  vala16 = callPackage ../development/compilers/vala/16.1.nix { };
+
+  vala17 = callPackage ../development/compilers/vala/default.nix { };
 
   visualcpp = callPackage ../development/compilers/visual-c++ { };