diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libselinux/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libselinux/default.nix
index 746f49b519dd..69e5fa856e36 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libselinux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libselinux/default.nix
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libselinux-${version}";
-  version = "2.3";
+  version = "2.4";
   inherit (libsepol) se_release se_url;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${se_url}/${se_release}/libselinux-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1ckpiv6m5c07rp5vawlhv02w5rq8kc0n95fh2ckq2jnqxi1hn7hb";
+    sha256 = "0yqg73ns97jwjh1iyv0jr5qxb8k5sqq5ywfkx11lzfn5yj8k0126";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libsepol pcre ]
@@ -23,16 +23,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i -e 's|\$(LIBDIR)/libsepol.a|${libsepol}/lib/libsepol.a|' src/Makefile
   '';
 
-  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
-  installTargets = [ "install" ] ++ optional enablePython "install-pywrap";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-std=gnu89";
 
-  # TODO: Figure out why the build incorrectly links libselinux.so
-  postInstall = ''
-    rm $out/lib/libselinux.so
-    ln -s libselinux.so.1 $out/lib/libselinux.so
+  preBuild = ''
+    # Build fails without this precreated
+    mkdir -p $out/include
+
+    makeFlagsArray+=("PREFIX=$out")
+    makeFlagsArray+=("DESTDIR=$out")
   '';
 
-  meta = {
-    inherit (libsepol.meta) homepage platforms maintainers;
+  installTargets = [ "install" ] ++ optional enablePython "install-pywrap";
+
+  meta = libsepol.meta // {
+    description = "SELinux core library";
   };
 }