diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/axis2/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/axis2/default.nix
index 4bf3d59685b0..cf64ba2d3c69 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/axis2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/axis2/default.nix
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [ unzip apacheAnt jdk ];
   builder = ./builder.sh;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Web Services / SOAP / WSDL engine, the successor to the widely used Apache Axis SOAP stack";
+  };
 }