diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/gmsh/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/gmsh/default.nix
index b55961205922..bb24ac9bd499 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/gmsh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/gmsh/default.nix
@@ -1,25 +1,27 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, blas, liblapack, gfortran, fltk, libjpeg
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, blas, liblapack, gfortran, gmm, fltk, libjpeg
 , zlib, mesa, mesa_glu, xorg }:
 
-let version = "2.12.0"; in
+let version = "3.0.5"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "gmsh-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://gmsh.info/src/gmsh-${version}-source.tgz";
-    sha256 = "02cx2mfbxx6m18s54z4yzbk4ybch3v9489z7cr974y8y0z42xgbz";
+    sha256 = "ae39ed81178d94b76990b8c89b69a5ded8910fd8f7426b800044d00373d12a93";
   };
 
   # The original CMakeLists tries to use some version of the Lapack lib
   # that is supposed to work without Fortran but didn't for me.
   patches = [ ./CMakeLists.txt.patch ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake blas liblapack gfortran fltk libjpeg zlib mesa
+  buildInputs = [ cmake blas liblapack gfortran gmm fltk libjpeg zlib mesa
     mesa_glu xorg.libXrender xorg.libXcursor xorg.libXfixes xorg.libXext
     xorg.libXft xorg.libXinerama xorg.libX11 xorg.libSM xorg.libICE
   ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "A three-dimensional finite element mesh generator";
     homepage = http://gmsh.info/;