diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xf/xf86-video-mga/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xf/xf86-video-mga/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff0444ecfa53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xf/xf86-video-mga/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  pkg-config,
+  util-macros,
+  xorg-server,
+  xorgproto,
+  libdrm,
+  libpciaccess,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "xf86-video-mga";
+  version = "2.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
+    group = "xorg";
+    owner = "driver";
+    repo = "xf86-video-mga";
+    tag = "xf86-video-mga-${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-9DpqSyGTu4jOttZlF95/rpi2oEu+JPU3sniuHTatoRo=";
+  };
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    pkg-config
+    util-macros
+    xorg-server # for some autoconf macros
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    xorgproto
+    libdrm
+    libpciaccess
+    xorg-server
+  ];
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { extraArgs = [ "--version-regex=xf86-video-mga-(.*)" ]; };
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Matrox video driver for the Xorg X server";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-mga";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [
+      x11
+      mitOpenGroup
+      hpndSellVariant
+      mit
+    ];
+    maintainers = [ ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
index 86f141987efb..d4a5bf42d241 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
   xf86-video-geode,
   xf86-video-i128,
   xf86-video-i740,
+  xf86-video-mga,
   xf86-video-nouveau,
   xf86-video-s3virge,
   xf86-video-v4l,
@@ -353,6 +354,7 @@ self: with self; {
   xf86videogeode = xf86-video-geode;
   xf86videoi128 = xf86-video-i128;
   xf86videoi740 = xf86-video-i740;
+  xf86videomga = xf86-video-mga;
   xf86videonouveau = xf86-video-nouveau;
   xf86videos3virge = xf86-video-s3virge;
   xf86videov4l = xf86-video-v4l;
@@ -940,46 +942,6 @@ self: with self; {
     })
   ) { };
 
-  # THIS IS A GENERATED FILE.  DO NOT EDIT!
-  xf86videomga = callPackage (
-    {
-      stdenv,
-      pkg-config,
-      fetchurl,
-      xorgproto,
-      libdrm,
-      libpciaccess,
-      xorgserver,
-      testers,
-    }:
-    stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-      pname = "xf86-video-mga";
-      version = "2.1.0";
-      builder = ./builder.sh;
-      src = fetchurl {
-        url = "mirror://xorg/individual/driver/xf86-video-mga-2.1.0.tar.xz";
-        sha256 = "0wxbcgg5i4yq22pbc50567877z8irxhqzgl3sk6vf5zs9szmvy3v";
-      };
-      hardeningDisable = [
-        "bindnow"
-        "relro"
-      ];
-      strictDeps = true;
-      nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-      buildInputs = [
-        xorgproto
-        libdrm
-        libpciaccess
-        xorgserver
-      ];
-      passthru.tests.pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
-      meta = {
-        pkgConfigModules = [ ];
-        platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-      };
-    })
-  ) { };
-
   # THIS IS A GENERATED FILE.  DO NOT EDIT!
   xf86videoneomagic = callPackage (
     {
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/generate-expr-from-tarballs.pl b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/generate-expr-from-tarballs.pl
index 0874325ec8e6..ef83da64c851 100755
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/generate-expr-from-tarballs.pl
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/generate-expr-from-tarballs.pl
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ print OUT <<EOF;
   xf86-video-geode,
   xf86-video-i128,
   xf86-video-i740,
+  xf86-video-mga,
   xf86-video-nouveau,
   xf86-video-s3virge,
   xf86-video-v4l,
@@ -685,6 +686,7 @@ self: with self; {
   xf86videogeode = xf86-video-geode;
   xf86videoi128 = xf86-video-i128;
   xf86videoi740 = xf86-video-i740;
+  xf86videomga = xf86-video-mga;
   xf86videonouveau = xf86-video-nouveau;
   xf86videos3virge = xf86-video-s3virge;
   xf86videov4l = xf86-video-v4l;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list
index 4bf2e5965b8a..b2262061b72a 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ mirror://xorg/individual/driver/xf86-video-cirrus-1.6.0.tar.xz
 mirror://xorg/individual/driver/xf86-video-dummy-0.4.1.tar.xz
 mirror://xorg/individual/driver/xf86-video-fbdev-0.5.1.tar.xz
 mirror://xorg/individual/driver/xf86-video-intel-2.99.917.tar.bz2
-mirror://xorg/individual/driver/xf86-video-mga-2.1.0.tar.xz
 mirror://xorg/individual/driver/xf86-video-neomagic-1.3.1.tar.xz
 mirror://xorg/individual/driver/xf86-video-nv-2.1.23.tar.xz
 mirror://xorg/individual/driver/xf86-video-omap-0.4.5.tar.bz2