diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/umockdev/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/umockdev/default.nix
index 0f727a9be476..1ff71fa18114 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/umockdev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/umockdev/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, automake, autoconf, libtool, gtk-doc
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, libtool
 , pkgconfig, glib, systemd, libgudev, vala }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -6,21 +6,27 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.11.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "martinpitt";
-    repo = "umockdev";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 ="1z101yw7clxz39im3y435s3rj1gna3kp0fkj9wd62vxqvk68lhik";
+    owner  = "martinpitt";
+    repo   = "umockdev";
+    rev    = version;
+    sha256 = "1z101yw7clxz39im3y435s3rj1gna3kp0fkj9wd62vxqvk68lhik";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ glib systemd libgudev ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ automake autoconf libtool gtk-doc pkgconfig vala ];
+  # autoreconfHook complains if we try to build the documentation
+  postPatch = ''
+    echo 'EXTRA_DIST =' > docs/gtk-doc.make
+  '';
 
-  preConfigure = "NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh";
+  buildInputs = [ glib systemd libgudev ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook libtool pkgconfig vala ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Mock hardware devices for creating unit tests";
     license = licenses.lgpl2;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.ndowens ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ndowens ];
     platforms = with platforms; linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bc3dde1d1d6e..4e08ed71e88e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11796,7 +11796,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   uid_wrapper = callPackage ../development/libraries/uid_wrapper { };
 
-  umockdev = callPackage ../development/libraries/umockdev {  };
+  umockdev = callPackage ../development/libraries/umockdev {
+    vala = vala_0_40;
+  };
 
   unibilium = callPackage ../development/libraries/unibilium { };