diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgphoto2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgphoto2/default.nix
index 3edc8d0ac6ca..e1feda6abd4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgphoto2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgphoto2/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libusb, libtool, libexif, libjpeg, gettext}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libusb1, libtool, libexif, libjpeg, gettext, libxml2 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libgphoto2-2.4.14";
+  name = "libgphoto2-2.5.1.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/gphoto/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "14h20s0kwqr1nsj90dgjwzs0r3h7z1cpmnivrikd0rrg4m2jvcsr";
+    sha256 = "057dnyrxr0vy2zs4fhscpig42kvlsy9fg4gj20fhvjcvp3pak8xl";
   };
-  
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig gettext ];
-  buildInputs = [ libtool libjpeg ];
+  buildInputs = [ libtool libjpeg libxml2 ];
 
   # These are mentioned in the Requires line of libgphoto's pkg-config file.
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libusb libexif ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libusb1 libexif ];
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${libxml2}/include/libxml2"; # bogus detection again
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/;
@@ -20,10 +22,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     longDescription = ''
       This is the library backend for gphoto2. It contains the code for PTP,
       MTP, and other vendor specific protocols for controlling and transferring data
-      from digital cameras. 
+      from digital cameras.
     '';
     # XXX: the homepage claims LGPL, but several src files are lgpl21Plus
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus; 
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; unix;
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ jcumming ];
   };