diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/default.nix
index eff6ff626325..d95797d5a5f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,41 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pkgconfig
+, gobject-introspection
+, lcms2
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "babl";
-  version = "0.1.66";
+  version = "0.1.72";
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://ftp.gtk.org/pub/babl/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0qx1dwbinxihwl2lmxi60qiqi402jlrdcnixx14kk6j88n9xi79n";
+    url = "https://download.gimp.org/pub/babl/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0hkagjrnza77aasa1kss5hvy37ndm50y6i7hkdn2z8hzgc4i3qb4";
   };
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  patches = [
+    # Apple linker does not know --version-script flag
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/babl/merge_requests/26
+    ./fix-darwin.patch
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkgconfig
+    gobject-introspection
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    lcms2
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Image pixel format conversion library";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/fix-darwin.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/fix-darwin.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eaeff63689fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/babl/fix-darwin.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/babl/meson.build b/babl/meson.build
+index b551c9a..f452435 100644
+--- a/babl/meson.build
++++ b/babl/meson.build
+@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
+ ]
+ 
+ # Linker arguments
+-babl_link_args = [
++babl_link_args = cc.get_supported_link_arguments([
+   '-Wl,--version-script,' + version_script,
+-]
++])
+ if platform_win32
+   babl_link_args += '-Wl,--no-undefined'
+ endif