diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/default.nix
index 4dc8132805c4..85c5af629d6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, xmlto, docbook_xml_dtd_412, docbook_xsl, libxml2 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "giflib-5.0.5";
+  name = "giflib-5.1.0";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://sourceforge/giflib/giflib-5.0.5.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "02c6pwll9pzw5fhg5gccx2ws56d70ylfryk21nv5lqhwdcv8lvb0";
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/giflib/giflib-5.1.0.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "06wd32akyawppar9mqdvyhcw47ssdfcj39lryim2w4v83i7nkv2s";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ xmlto docbook_xml_dtd_412 docbook_xsl libxml2 ];
+  meta = {
+    description = "giflib is a library for reading and writing gif images";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    license = stdenv.lib.license.mit;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ fuuzetsu ];
+  };
 }
-