diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libndctl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libndctl/default.nix
index 6e82191e7558..d2ccec80a570 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libndctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libndctl/default.nix
@@ -1,50 +1,76 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook
-, asciidoc, pkg-config, xmlto, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_45, libxslt
-, json_c, kmod, which, util-linux, udev, keyutils
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
+  pkg-config,
+  asciidoctor,
+  iniparser,
+  json_c,
+  keyutils,
+  kmod,
+  udev,
+  util-linux,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libndctl";
-  version = "71.1";
+  version = "79";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "pmem";
-    repo   = "ndctl";
-    rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-osux3DiKRh8ftHwyfFI+WSFx20+yJsg1nVx5nuoKJu4=";
+    owner = "pmem";
+    repo = "ndctl";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-gG1Rz5AtDLzikGFr8A3l25ypd+VoLw2oWjszy9ogDLk=";
   };
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "lib" "man" "dev" ];
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "man"
+    "dev"
+  ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs =
-    [ autoreconfHook asciidoc pkg-config xmlto docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xsl libxslt
-      which
-    ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+    asciidoctor
+  ];
 
-  buildInputs =
-    [ json_c kmod util-linux udev keyutils
-    ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    iniparser
+    json_c
+    keyutils
+    kmod
+    udev
+    util-linux
+  ];
 
-  configureFlags =
-    [ "--without-bash"
-      "--without-systemd"
-      "--disable-asciidoctor" # depends on ruby 2.7, use asciidoc instead
-    ];
+  mesonFlags = [
+    (lib.mesonOption "rootprefix" "${placeholder "out"}")
+    (lib.mesonOption "sysconfdir" "${placeholder "out"}/etc/ndctl.conf.d")
+    (lib.mesonEnable "libtracefs" false)
+    # Use asciidoctor due to xmlto errors
+    (lib.mesonEnable "asciidoctor" true)
+    (lib.mesonEnable "systemd" false)
+    (lib.mesonOption "iniparserdir" "${iniparser}")
+  ];
 
-  patchPhase = ''
+  postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs test
 
-    substituteInPlace git-version --replace /bin/bash ${stdenv.shell}
-    substituteInPlace git-version-gen --replace /bin/sh ${stdenv.shell}
+    substituteInPlace git-version --replace-fail /bin/bash ${stdenv.shell}
+    substituteInPlace git-version-gen --replace-fail /bin/sh ${stdenv.shell}
 
     echo "m4_define([GIT_VERSION], [${version}])" > version.m4;
   '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Tools for managing the Linux Non-Volatile Memory Device sub-system";
-    homepage    = "https://github.com/pmem/ndctl";
-    license     = licenses.lgpl21;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
-    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pmem/ndctl";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }