diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liblxi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblxi/default.nix
index 1ca4043a024d..b63f3d9df0d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/liblxi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblxi/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
-, pkg-config, autoreconfHook
+, meson, ninja, pkg-config, cmake
 , libtirpc, rpcsvc-proto, avahi, libxml2
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "liblxi";
-  version = "1.13";
+  version = "1.18";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "lxi-tools";
     repo = "liblxi";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "129m0k2wrlgs25qkskynljddqspasla1x8iq51vmg38nhnilpqf6";
+    sha256 = "sha256-2tZWIN58J6zNHG3dahNfg5eNiS8ykWFQyRSyikuzdjE=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config rpcsvc-proto ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja cmake pkg-config rpcsvc-proto ];
 
   buildInputs = [ libtirpc avahi libxml2 ];