diff --git a/pkgs/servers/bird/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/bird/default.nix
index 9b965505369..9b17551a8cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/bird/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/bird/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, flex, bison, readline }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "bird-1.4.4";
+  name = "bird-1.4.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://bird.network.cz/pub/bird/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0dh14zi3v1j0iwxxcyfymfdyaxxmilfbf3bc4mwj682jb3x6ll7g";
+    sha256 = "1z4z7zmx3054zxi4q6a7095s267mw8ky628gir2n5xy5ch65yj7z";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ flex bison readline ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "";
+    description = "BIRD Internet Routing Daemon";
     homepage = http://bird.network.cz;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric];
+    platforms  = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }