diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/xxdiff/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/xxdiff/default.nix
index 461c602a8866..ac1bc2f1abc5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/xxdiff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/xxdiff/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchhg, qt4, flex, bison }:
+{ stdenv, fetchhg, qt4, flex, bison, docutils }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "xxdiff-4.0-beta1-20110723";
+  name = "xxdiff-2013.03.08";
 
   src = fetchhg {
     name = "xxdiff";
-    tag = "fdc247a7d9e5";
+    tag = "6a86d8353eef";
     url = https://hg.furius.ca/public/xxdiff;
-    sha256 = "7ae7d81becc25b1adabc9383bb5b9005dddb31510cdc404ce8a0d6ff6c3dc47e";
+    sha256 = "1c1krgmf1cfkrmg48w6zw61wgy01xm171ifkkh6givm8v6c8i340";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ flex bison qt4 ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ flex bison qt4 docutils ];
 
   buildInputs = [ qt4 ];
 
@@ -23,4 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     '';
 
   installPhase = "mkdir -pv $out/bin; cp -v ../bin/xxdiff $out/bin";
+
+  meta.platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+
 }