diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix
index 3579c22e92b9..46f85b654c72 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, python, buildPythonPackage, pycairo, backports_functools_lru_cache
-, which, cycler, dateutil, nose, numpy, pyparsing, sphinx, tornado
+, which, cycler, dateutil, nose, numpy, pyparsing, sphinx, tornado, kiwisolver
 , freetype, libpng, pkgconfig, mock, pytz, pygobject3, functools32, subprocess32
 , enableGhostscript ? false, ghostscript ? null, gtk3
 , enableGtk2 ? false, pygtk ? null, gobjectIntrospection
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ assert enableTk -> (tcl != null)
 assert enableQt -> pyqt4 != null;
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  version = "2.1.2";
+  version = "2.2.2";
   pname = "matplotlib";
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://pypi/m/matplotlib/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "725a3f12739d133adfa381e1b33bd70c6f64db453bfc536e148824816e568894";
+    sha256 = "4dc7ef528aad21f22be85e95725234c5178c0f938e2228ca76640e5e84d8cde8";
   };
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-I${libcxx}/include/c++/v1";
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin [ Cocoa ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs =
-    [ cycler dateutil nose numpy pyparsing tornado freetype
+    [ cycler dateutil nose numpy pyparsing tornado freetype kiwisolver
       libpng pkgconfig mock pytz ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.3") backports_functools_lru_cache
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableGtk2 pygtk