diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/default.nix
index fb81dc425f1..1ba31a7a6d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, boostHeaders}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, boost }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "libyaml-cpp-0.5.1";
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "01kg0h8ksp162kdhyzn67vnlxpj5zjbks84sh50pv61xni990z1y";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake boostHeaders ];
+  buildInputs = [ cmake boost ];
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://code.google.com/p/yaml-cpp/;
     description = "A YAML parser and emitter for C++";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
   };
 }