diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxmlxx/v3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxmlxx/v3.nix
index e665cfdea6f..0db3870b05a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxmlxx/v3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxmlxx/v3.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl
-, pkgconfig, libxml2, glibmm, perl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, glibmm, perl }:
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libxml++-3.0.0";
+  name = "libxml++-${maj_ver}.${min_ver}";
+  maj_ver = "3.0";
+  min_ver = "0";
+
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/libxml++/3.0/${name}.tar.xz";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/libxml++/${maj_ver}/${name}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "0lkrajbdys5f6w6qwfijih3hnbk4c6809qx2mmxkb7bj2w269wrg";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glibmm perl ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig perl ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ glibmm ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ libxml2 ];
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://libxmlplusplus.sourceforge.net/;
     description = "C++ wrapper for the libxml2 XML parser library, version 3";
-    license = "LGPLv2+";
-    maintainers = with stdenv.maintainers; [ ];
+    license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
 }