diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/xbmc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/xbmc/default.nix
index 66c0938eeab..0588f580cc2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/xbmc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/xbmc/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , pkgconfig, cmake, gnumake, yasm, python
 , boost
 , gettext, pcre, yajl, fribidi
-, openssl, gperf
+, openssl, gperf, tinyxml2, taglib, libssh, swig, jre
 , libX11, xproto, inputproto
 , libXt, libXmu, libXext, xextproto
 , libXinerama, libXrandr, randrproto
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ assert sambaSupport -> samba != null;
 assert vdpauSupport -> libvdpau != null && ffmpeg.vdpauSupport;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-    name = "xbmc-11.0";
+    name = "xbmc-12.0";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/source/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1fe5d310c16138f26e2b13bc545604e95f48ace6c8636f23e77da402cd7b0b19";
+      sha256 = "0vy1a38gfbp9vhbjvwqm11sd76gl3s9q0h7gwpsks85m2k88q0ak";
     };
 
     buildInputs = [
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       pkgconfig cmake gnumake yasm python
       boost
       gettext pcre yajl fribidi
-      openssl gperf
+      openssl gperf tinyxml2 taglib libssh swig jre
       libX11 xproto inputproto
       libXt libXmu libXext xextproto
       libXinerama libXrandr randrproto
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml/2.6.2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml/2.6.2.nix
index 8770859817c..fb2ff0b84f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml/2.6.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml/2.6.2.nix
@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   
   buildInputs = [ unzip ];
   buildPhase = ''
+    # use STL (xbmc requires it)
+    sed '1i#define TIXML_USE_STL 1' -i tinyxml.h
+    sed '1i#define TIXML_USE_STL 1' -i xmltest.cpp
+
     # build xmltest
-    make
+    make 
     
     # build the lib as a shared library
     g++ -Wall -O2 -shared -fpic tinyxml.cpp \