diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/taglib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/taglib/default.nix
index e731d61d9dfc..b038f133be76 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/taglib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/taglib/default.nix
@@ -8,17 +8,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0ssjcdjv4qf9liph5ry1kngam1y7zp8fzr9xv4wzzrma22kabldn";
   };
 
-  cmakeFlags = "-DWITH_ASF=ON -DWITH_MP4=ON";
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DWITH_ASF=ON" "-DWITH_MP4=ON" ];
 
   buildInputs = [ zlib ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://taglib.org/;
     repositories.git = git://github.com/taglib/taglib.git;
-
-    description = "A library for reading and editing the meta-data of several popular audio formats";
+    shortDescription = "A library for reading and editing audio file metadata.";
+    description = ''
+      TagLib is a library for reading and editing the meta-data of several
+      popular audio formats. Currently it supports both ID3v1 and ID3v2 for MP3
+      files, Ogg Vorbis comments and ID3 tags and Vorbis comments in FLAC, MPC,
+      Speex, WavPack, TrueAudio, WAV, AIFF, MP4 and ASF files.
+    '';
+    license = with licenses; [ lgpl3 mpl11 ];
     inherit (cmake.meta) platforms;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ttuegel ];
   };
 }