diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/atkmm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/atkmm/default.nix
index 03f08efca985..86cde42dfa1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/atkmm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/atkmm/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,25 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, atk, glibmm, pkgconfig }:
-
+let
+  ver_maj = "2.24";
+  ver_min = "2";
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "atkmm-2.22.7";
+  name = "atkmm-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/atkmm/2.22/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "06zrf2ymml2dzp53sss0d4ch4dk9v09jm8rglnrmwk4v81mq9gxz";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/atkmm/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "ff95385759e2af23828d4056356f25376cfabc41e690ac1df055371537e458bd";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ atk glibmm ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "C++ wrappers for ATK accessibility toolkit";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    homepage = http://gtkmm.org;
+  };
 }