diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvdpau/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvdpau/default.nix
index e6a57f1e38c4..977081e0ecf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvdpau/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvdpau/default.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,27 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, xorg, mesa }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, xorg, mesa, meson, ninja }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libvdpau";
-  version = "1.2";
+  version = "1.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/vdpau/libvdpau/uploads/14b620084c027d546fa0b3f083b800c6/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "6a499b186f524e1c16b4f5b57a6a2de70dfceb25c4ee546515f26073cd33fa06";
+    url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/vdpau/libvdpau/-/archive/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "b5a52eeac9417edbc396f26c40591ba5df0cd18285f68d84614ef8f06196e50e";
   };
+  patches = [ ./installdir.patch ];
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = with xorg; [ xorgproto libXext ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ xorg.libX11 ];
 
-  configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux
-    "--with-module-dir=${mesa.drivers.driverLink}/lib/vdpau";
+  mesonFlags = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux
+    [ "-Dmoduledir=${mesa.drivers.driverLink}/lib/vdpau" ];
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-lX11";
 
-  installFlags = [ "moduledir=$(out)/lib/vdpau" ];
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://people.freedesktop.org/~aplattner/vdpau/;
     description = "Library to use the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (VDPAU)";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvdpau/installdir.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvdpau/installdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..859715f70d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvdpau/installdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- a/trace/meson.build	2020-02-15 16:34:58.698832000 +0100
++++ b/trace/meson.build	2020-02-15 16:39:05.359952802 +0100
+@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
+     dependencies : libdl,
+     version : '1.0.0',
+     install : true,
+-    install_dir : moduledir,
++    install_dir : get_option('prefix') + '/lib/libvdpau',
+ )