diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/lzo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/lzo/default.nix
index f4bff72fa809..23168de43ed5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/lzo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/lzo/default.nix
@@ -1,32 +1,35 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "lzo-2.08";
+  name = "lzo-2.09";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/download/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0536ad3ksk1r8h2a27d0y4p27lwjarzyndw7sagvxzj6xr6kw6xc";
+    sha256 = "0k5kpj3jnsjfxqqkblpfpx0mqcy86zs5fhjhgh2kq1hksg7ag57j";
   };
 
   configureFlags = [ "--enable-shared" ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   doCheck = true;
 
-  meta = {
-    description = "A data compresion library suitable for real-time data de-/compression";
-    longDescription =
-      '' LZO is a data compression library which is suitable for data
-	 de-/compression in real-time.  This means it favours speed over
-	 compression ratio.
-
-	 LZO is written in ANSI C.  Both the source code and the compressed
-	 data format are designed to be portable across platforms.
-      '';
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Real-time data (de)compression library";
+    longDescription = ''
+      LZO is a portable lossless data compression library written in ANSI C.
+      Both the source code and the compressed data format are designed to be
+      portable across platforms.
+      LZO offers pretty fast compression and *extremely* fast decompression.
+      While it favours speed over compression ratio, it includes slower
+      compression levels achieving a quite competitive compression ratio
+      while still decompressing at this very high speed.
+    '';
 
     homepage = http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
 
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nckx ];
   };
 }