diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libspatialite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libspatialite/default.nix
index d5b401b804fb..43c2a9089b73 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libspatialite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libspatialite/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, sqlite, zlib, proj, geos }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, sqlite, zlib, proj, geos }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libspatialite-4.1.1";
+  name = "libspatialite-4.2.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "03wikddl60ly0yh8szrra1ng2iccsdzz645vkn6a7x2jz45a5084";
+    sha256 = "0b9ipmp09y2ij7yajyjsh0zcwps8n5g88lzfzlkph33lail8l4wz";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ sqlite zlib proj geos ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libxml2 sqlite zlib proj geos ];
 
   configureFlags = "--disable-freexl";
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Extensible spatial index library in C++";
     homepage = https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/libspatialite;
     # They allow any of these
-    license = [ "GPLv2+" "LGPLv2+" "MPL1.1" ];
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl2Plus lgpl21Plus mpl11 ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }