diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pixman/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pixman/default.nix
index ce027a0a269..30cceb59c00 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pixman/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pixman/default.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,28 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, perl, libpng, glib /*just passthru*/ }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, libpng, glib /*just passthru*/ }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "pixman-0.32.6";
+  name = "pixman-0.32.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://cairographics.org/releases/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0129g4zdrw5hif5783li7rzcr4vpbc2cfia91azxmsk0h0xx3zix";
+    url = "mirror://xorg/individual/lib/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha1 = "5c57045622265b877c9bf02d531973eadf942140";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig perl ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ libpng ]; # NOT in closure anyway
-
-  postInstall = glib.flattenInclude;
-
   patches = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./fix-clang36.patch;
 
-  configureFlags = if stdenv.isArm then ["--disable-arm-iwmmxt"] else null;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional doCheck libpng;
 
-  meta = {
+  configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isArm "--disable-arm-iwmmxt";
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  postInstall = glib.flattenInclude;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://pixman.org;
     description = "A low-level library for pixel manipulation";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
   };
 }