diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/mtr/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/mtr/default.nix
index c96e5cac367c..666bb4942a9f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/mtr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/mtr/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, autoconf
+{stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, ncurses
 , withGtk ? false, gtk2 ? null}:
 
 assert withGtk -> gtk2 != null;
@@ -6,24 +6,27 @@ assert withGtk -> gtk2 != null;
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   baseName="mtr";
-  version="0.86";
+  version="0.87";
   name="${baseName}-${version}";
-  
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url="ftp://ftp.bitwizard.nl/${baseName}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "01lcy89q3i9g4kz4liy6m7kcq1zyvmbc63rqidgw67341f94inf5";
+    sha256 = "17zi99n8bdqrwrnbfyjn327jz4gxx287wrq3vk459c933p34ff8r";
   };
 
   configureFlags = optionalString (!withGtk) "--without-gtk";
 
-  buildInputs = [ autoconf ncurses ] ++ optional withGtk gtk2;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ] ++ optional withGtk gtk2;
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/;
     description = "A network diagnostics tool";
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.koral maintainers.raskin ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ koral orivej raskin ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
   };
 }
-