diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/webkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/webkit/default.nix
index c0fd878e0bb5..d229228b94f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/webkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/webkit/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rec {
     sqlite icu gperf bison flex autoconf automake libtool 
     perl intltool pkgconfig libsoup gtkdoc libXt libproxy
     enchant python ruby which renderproto libXrender geoclue
-    kbproto
+    kbproto mesa
     ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ rec {
     ];
 
   /* doConfigure should be specified separately */
-  phaseNames = ["setVars" /* "paranoidFixComments" */ "doConfigure" (doPatchShebangs ".") 
+  phaseNames = ["setVars" "fixConfigure" /* "paranoidFixComments" */ "doConfigure" (doPatchShebangs ".") 
     "doReplaceUsrBin" "doMakeInstall" "doAddPrograms"];
 
   setVars = fullDepEntry (''
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ rec {
     sed -re 's@( |^)//.*@/* & */@' -i $(find . -name '*.c' -o -name '*.h')
   '') ["minInit" "doUnpack"];
 
+  # See http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/blfs-dev/2012-April/022893.html
+  fixConfigure = fullDepEntry (''
+    sed   -i -e 's/=GSTREAMER_0_10_REQUIRED_VERSION/=\$GSTREAMER_0_10_REQUIRED_VERSION/' \
+      -e 's/=GSTREAMER_0_10_PLUGINS_BASE_REQUIRED_VERSION/=\$GSTREAMER_0_10_PLUGINS_BASE_REQUIRED_VERSION/' \
+      configure{,.ac}
+  '') ["minInit" "doUnpack"];
+
   name = s.name;
   meta = {
     description = "WebKit - a fast and correct HTML renderer";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/webkit/src-for-default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/webkit/src-for-default.nix
index 30e129e2faef..65bcd4350960 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/webkit/src-for-default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/webkit/src-for-default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 rec {
-   version="1.6.3";
-   name="webkit-1.6.3";
-   hash="1hvph13ak7a85qmj1ikanwxf2nn53m5f6a50j627lp49db7dpl0j";
-   url="http://webkitgtk.org/webkit-1.6.3.tar.xz";
-   advertisedUrl="http://webkitgtk.org/webkit-1.6.3.tar.xz";
+   version="1.8.1";
+   name="webkit-1.8.1";
+   hash="0a1v3v8dp2cl332qr51j4fpl0rwpgxbf29hn3zdim9hcniv6l4ls";
+   url="http://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkit-1.8.1.tar.xz";
+   advertisedUrl="http://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkit-1.8.1.tar.xz";
   
   
 }
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 828b5347b70b..5dd39ffef29e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4822,7 +4822,7 @@ let
         libjpeg libtiff libxml2 libxslt sqlite
         icu cairo intltool automake libtool
         pkgconfig autoconf bison libproxy enchant
-        python ruby which flex geoclue;
+        python ruby which flex geoclue mesa;
       inherit gstreamer gst_plugins_base gst_ffmpeg
         gst_plugins_good;
       inherit (xlibs) libXt renderproto libXrender kbproto;