diff --git a/pkgs/games/privateer/default.nix b/pkgs/games/privateer/default.nix
index bb67f422c9d..2eb3a916eb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/privateer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/privateer/default.nix
@@ -28,10 +28,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     cp vegastrike $out/bin
     cp vegaserver $out/bin
   '';
-  
-  meta = {
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://privateer.sourceforge.net/;
-    longDescription = "";
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ chaoflow ];
+    description = "Adventure space flight simulation computer game";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus; # and a special license for art data
+    # https://sourceforge.net/p/privateer/code/HEAD/tree/privgold/trunk/data/art-license.txt
+
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ chaoflow ];
+    platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
+    hydraPlatforms = [];
+    broken = true; # it won't build
   };
 }