diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/netcat/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/netcat/default.nix
index 5ad5540438c7..4e3463c95fbd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/netcat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/netcat/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "netcat-gnu-0.7.1";
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = mirror://sourceforge/netcat/netcat-0.7.1.tar.bz2;
     sha256 = "1frjcdkhkpzk0f84hx6hmw5l0ynpmji8vcbaxg8h5k2svyxz0nmm";
   };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Utility which reads and writes data across network connections";
+    homepage = http://netcat.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
 }