diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
index aa2b55964b73..c1d28e58c4e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, python, gst-plugins-base, orc
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, meson, ninja, gettext
+, pkgconfig, python, gst-plugins-base, orc
 , faacSupport ? false, faac ? null
 , gtkSupport ? false, gtk3 ? null
 , faad2, libass, libkate, libmms
@@ -38,14 +39,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     platforms   = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
   };
 
-  # TODO: Fix Cocoa build. The problem was ARC, which might be related to too
-  #       old version of Apple SDK's.
-  configureFlags = optional stdenv.isDarwin "--disable-cocoa";
-
-  patchPhase = ''
-    sed -i 's/openjpeg-2.2/openjpeg-${openJpegVersion}/' ext/openjpeg/*
+  preConfigure = ''
+    patchShebangs .
   '';
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://bug794856.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=370409";
+        sha256 = "0hy0rcn35alq65yqwri4fqjz2hf3nyyg5c7rnndk51msmqjxpprk";
+    })
+    ./fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch
+  ];
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/src/gst-plugins-bad/${name}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "17sgzgx1c54k5rzz7ljyz3is0n7yj56k74vv05h8z1gjnsnjnppd";
@@ -53,7 +58,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig python ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig python gettext ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     gst-plugins-base orc
@@ -76,6 +81,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) mjpegtools;
 
   LDFLAGS = optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-lintl";
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b3deb05aebd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/pkgconfig/meson.build b/pkgconfig/meson.build
+index 271f327f3..ddc52cca8 100644
+--- a/pkgconfig/meson.build
++++ b/pkgconfig/meson.build
+@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ pkgconf = configuration_data()
+ 
+ pkgconf.set('prefix', join_paths(get_option('prefix')))
+ pkgconf.set('exec_prefix', '${prefix}')
+-pkgconf.set('libdir', '${prefix}/@0@'.format(get_option('libdir')))
+-pkgconf.set('includedir', '${prefix}/@0@'.format(get_option('includedir')))
++pkgconf.set('libdir', get_option('libdir'))
++pkgconf.set('includedir', get_option('includedir'))
+ pkgconf.set('GST_API_VERSION', api_version)
+ pkgconf.set('VERSION', gst_version)
+