diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
index 7a00a5aa94e6..1734ee9ce589 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, unzip, libjpeg, libtiff, zlib
-, postgresql, libmysqlclient, libgeotiff, pythonPackages, proj, geos, openssl
-, libpng, sqlite, libspatialite, poppler, hdf4, qhull, giflib, expat
-, libiconv, libxml2, autoreconfHook
-, netcdfSupport ? true, netcdf, hdf5, curl
-}:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, unzip, libjpeg, libtiff, zlib, postgresql
+, libmysqlclient, libgeotiff, pythonPackages, proj, geos, openssl, libpng
+, sqlite, libspatialite, poppler, hdf4, qhull, giflib, expat, libiconv, libxml2
+, autoreconfHook, netcdfSupport ? true, netcdf, hdf5, curl, pkg-config }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 
@@ -20,29 +18,44 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   sourceRoot = "source/gdal";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ unzip libjpeg libtiff libpng proj openssl sqlite
-    libspatialite libgeotiff poppler hdf4 qhull giflib expat libxml2 ]
-  ++ (with pythonPackages; [ python numpy wrapPython ])
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin libiconv
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optionals netcdfSupport [ netcdf hdf5 curl ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    unzip
+    libjpeg
+    libtiff
+    libpng
+    proj
+    openssl
+    sqlite
+    libspatialite
+    libgeotiff
+    poppler
+    hdf4
+    qhull
+    giflib
+    expat
+    libxml2
+    postgresql
+  ] ++ (with pythonPackages; [ python numpy wrapPython ])
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin libiconv
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals netcdfSupport [ netcdf hdf5 curl ];
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-expat=${expat.dev}"
     "--with-jpeg=${libjpeg.dev}"
     "--with-libtiff=${libtiff.dev}" # optional (without largetiff support)
-    "--with-png=${libpng.dev}"      # optional
+    "--with-png=${libpng.dev}" # optional
     "--with-poppler=${poppler.dev}" # optional
-    "--with-libz=${zlib.dev}"       # optional
-    "--with-pg=${postgresql}/bin/pg_config"
+    "--with-libz=${zlib.dev}" # optional
+    "--with-pg=yes" # since gdal 3.0 doesn't use ${postgresql}/bin/pg_config
     "--with-mysql=${libmysqlclient}/bin/mysql_config"
     "--with-geotiff=${libgeotiff}"
     "--with-sqlite3=${sqlite.dev}"
     "--with-spatialite=${libspatialite}"
-    "--with-python"               # optional
+    "--with-python" # optional
     "--with-proj=${proj.dev}" # optional
-    "--with-geos=${geos}/bin/geos-config"# optional
+    "--with-geos=${geos}/bin/geos-config" # optional
     "--with-hdf4=${hdf4.dev}" # optional
     "--with-xml2=${libxml2.dev}/bin/xml2-config" # optional
     (if netcdfSupport then "--with-netcdf=${netcdf}" else "")
@@ -55,9 +68,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # - Unset CC and CXX as they confuse libtool.
   # - teach gdal that libdf is the legacy name for libhdf
   preConfigure = ''
-      substituteInPlace configure \
+    substituteInPlace configure \
       --replace "-lmfhdf -ldf" "-lmfhdf -lhdf"
-    '';
+  '';
 
   preBuild = ''
     substituteInPlace swig/python/GNUmakefile \
@@ -72,7 +85,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     description = "Translator library for raster geospatial data formats";
-    homepage = https://www.gdal.org/;
+    homepage = "https://www.gdal.org/";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber ];
     platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux ++ darwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0b37984d3ba6..228f248a61db 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11487,7 +11487,9 @@ in
     libXpm = null;
   };
 
-  gdal = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdal { };
+  gdal = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdal {
+    pythonPackages = python3Packages; 
+  };
 
   gdal_1_11 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdal/gdal-1_11.nix { };