diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
index 60d240552d4..ef88e690067 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
@@ -1,43 +1,66 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, meson, pkgconfig, ninja
 , libffi, libxml2, wayland
 , expat ? null # Build wayland-scanner (currently cannot be disabled as of 1.7.0)
+, withDocumentation ? false, graphviz-nox, doxygen, libxslt, xmlto, python3
+, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xml_dtd_42
 }:
 
 # Require the optional to be enabled until upstream fixes or removes the configure flag
 assert expat != null;
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+let
+  isCross = stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform;
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "wayland";
-  version = "1.17.0";
+  version = "1.18.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "194ibzwpdcn6fvk4xngr4bf5axpciwg2bj82fdvz88kfmjw13akj";
+    sha256 = "0k995rn96xkplrapz5k648j651wc43kq817xk1x8280h16gsfxa6";
   };
 
   separateDebugInfo = true;
 
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--disable-documentation"
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform) [
-    "--with-host-scanner"
-  ];
+  mesonFlags = [ "-Ddocumentation=${lib.boolToString withDocumentation}" ];
+
+  patches = lib.optional isCross ./fix-wayland-cross-compilation.patch;
+
+  postPatch = lib.optionalString withDocumentation ''
+    patchShebangs doc/doxygen/gen-doxygen.py
+  '' + lib.optionalString isCross ''
+    substituteInPlace egl/meson.build --replace \
+      "find_program('nm').path()" \
+      "find_program('${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}nm').path()"
+  '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkgconfig
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.hostPlatform) [
-    # for wayland-scanner during build
-    wayland
+    meson pkgconfig ninja
+  ] ++ lib.optionals isCross [
+    wayland # For wayland-scanner during the build
+  ] ++ lib.optionals withDocumentation [
+    (graphviz-nox.override { pango = null; }) # To avoid an infinite recursion
+    doxygen libxslt xmlto python3 docbook_xml_dtd_45
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ libffi /* docbook_xsl doxygen graphviz libxslt xmlto */ expat libxml2 ];
+  buildInputs = [ libffi expat libxml2
+  ] ++ lib.optionals withDocumentation [
+    docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xml_dtd_42
+  ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Reference implementation of the wayland protocol";
+    description = "Core Wayland window system code and protocol";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Wayland is a project to define a protocol for a compositor to talk to its
+      clients as well as a library implementation of the protocol.
+      The wayland protocol is essentially only about input handling and buffer
+      management, but also handles drag and drop, selections, window management
+      and other interactions that must go through the compositor (but not
+      rendering).
+    '';
     homepage    = https://wayland.freedesktop.org/;
-    license     = lib.licenses.mit;
+    license     = lib.licenses.mit; # Expat version
     platforms   = lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ codyopel ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ primeos codyopel ];
   };
 
   passthru.version = version;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/fix-wayland-cross-compilation.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/fix-wayland-cross-compilation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..77639acb653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/fix-wayland-cross-compilation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
+index 3e8c9bf..75241cb 100644
+--- a/src/meson.build
++++ b/src/meson.build
+@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ pkgconfig.generate(
+ )
+ 
+ if meson.is_cross_build()
+-	scanner_dep = dependency('wayland-scanner', native: true, version: '>=1.14.0')
+-	wayland_scanner_for_build = find_program(scanner_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('wayland_scanner'))
++	wayland_scanner_for_build = find_program('wayland-scanner', native: true, version: '>=1.14.0')
+ else
+ 	wayland_scanner_for_build = wayland_scanner
+ endif
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/protocols.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/protocols.nix
index 0b367f4a930..8c2823d74b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/protocols.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/protocols.nix
@@ -17,10 +17,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     description = "Wayland protocol extensions";
-    homepage    = https://wayland.freedesktop.org/;
-    license     = lib.licenses.mit;
+    longDescription = ''
+      wayland-protocols contains Wayland protocols that add functionality not
+      available in the Wayland core protocol. Such protocols either add
+      completely new functionality, or extend the functionality of some other
+      protocol either in Wayland core, or some other protocol in
+      wayland-protocols.
+    '';
+    homepage    = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols;
+    license     = lib.licenses.mit; # Expat version
     platforms   = lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ primeos ];
   };
 
   passthru.version = version;