diff --git a/pkgs/servers/etcd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/etcd/default.nix
index 57eb877cd79c..988f6f6c82c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/etcd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/etcd/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, lib, libpcap, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
+with lib;
+
 buildGoPackage rec {
   name = "etcd-${version}";
   version = "3.0.6";
@@ -17,4 +19,12 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
   goDeps = ./deps.json;
 
   buildInputs = [ libpcap ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    homepage = https://coreos.com/etcd/;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [offline];
+    platforms = with platforms; linux;
+  };
 }