diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liboil/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/liboil/default.nix
index 05cafecff279..45f75b4f8052 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/liboil/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liboil/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib }:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "liboil-0.3.15";
+  name = "liboil-0.3.17";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/download/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1m3zcl54sf21cf2ckzny16ihymz8whi60ymyrhmd3m1dlw1knpmf";
+    sha256 = "0sgwic99hxlb1av8cm0albzh8myb7r3lpcwxfm606l0bkc3h4pqh";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [pkgconfig glib];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  patches = [ ./x86_64-cpuid.patch ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://liboil.freedesktop.org;
     description = "A library of simple functions that are optimized for various CPUs";
+    license = "BSD-2";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liboil/x86_64-cpuid.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/liboil/x86_64-cpuid.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d86dd79c3bcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liboil/x86_64-cpuid.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 705916007fba0a845229a02dc6474cb523eff150 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>
+Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:05:26 +0000
+Subject: x86: Fix cpuid function on x86-64
+
+Fixes: #28956.
+---
+diff --git a/liboil/liboilcpu-x86.c b/liboil/liboilcpu-x86.c
+index e7a1978..ef4d3f2 100644
+--- a/liboil/liboilcpu-x86.c
++++ b/liboil/liboilcpu-x86.c
+@@ -162,13 +162,10 @@ get_cpuid (uint32_t op, uint32_t *a, uint32_t *b, uint32_t *c, uint32_t *d)
+ static void
+ get_cpuid (uint32_t op, uint32_t *a, uint32_t *b, uint32_t *c, uint32_t *d)
+ {
++  *a = op;
+   __asm__ (
+-      "  pushq %%rbx\n"
+       "  cpuid\n"
+-      "  mov %%ebx, %%esi\n"
+-      "  popq %%rbx\n"
+-      : "=a" (*a), "=S" (*b), "=c" (*c), "=d" (*d)
+-      : "0" (op));
++      : "+a" (*a), "=b" (*b), "=c" (*c), "=d" (*d));
+ }
+ #endif
+ 
+@@ -185,7 +182,7 @@ oil_cpu_detect_cpuid (void)
+ {
+   uint32_t eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
+   uint32_t level;
+-  char vendor[13] = { 0 };
++  char vendor[13+4] = { 0 };
+   int ret;
+ 
+   oil_fault_check_enable ();
+--
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