diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libcamera/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libcamera/package.nix
index 403a2f70c0bf..ccc88e65e3c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libcamera/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libcamera/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {
   stdenv,
-  fetchgit,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  testers,
+  nix-update-script,
   lib,
   meson,
   ninja,
@@ -13,13 +15,14 @@
   libyuv,
   gst_all_1,
   gtest,
-  graphviz,
-  doxygen,
   python3,
   python3Packages,
   udev,
   libpisp,
   libglvnd,
+  enableDocumentation ? false,
+  graphviz,
+  doxygen,
   withTracing ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform lttng-ust,
   lttng-ust, # withTracing
   withSoftispGPU ? true, # software ISP GPU acceleration
@@ -31,13 +34,15 @@
   SDL2,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "libcamera";
   version = "0.7.2";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://git.libcamera.org/libcamera/libcamera.git";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
+    owner = "camera";
+    repo = "libcamera";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-vhFkeT1j2KKm+CVvGrtH5BEYJSEdaX7N7DRdA0a9EWk=";
   };
 
@@ -112,36 +117,43 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     python3Packages.jinja2
     python3Packages.pyyaml
     python3Packages.ply
+    openssl
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals enableDocumentation [
     python3Packages.sphinx
     graphviz
     doxygen
-    openssl
   ]
   ++ lib.optional withQcam qt6.wrapQtAppsHook;
 
-  mesonFlags = [
-    (lib.mesonEnable "v4l2" true)
-    (lib.mesonEnable "tracing" withTracing)
-    (lib.mesonEnable "qcam" withQcam)
-    (lib.mesonEnable "apps-output-dng" withQcam)
-    (lib.mesonEnable "cam-output-sdl2" withQcam)
-    (lib.mesonEnable "cam-jpeg" withQcam)
-    (lib.mesonEnable "softisp-gpu" withSoftispGPU)
-    (lib.mesonEnable "libunwind" false)
-    (lib.mesonEnable "libdw" false)
-    (lib.mesonEnable "lc-compliance" false) # tries unconditionally to download gtest when enabled
-    # Avoid blanket -Werror to evade build failures on less
-    # tested compilers.
-    (lib.mesonBool "werror" false)
-    # Documentation breaks binary compatibility.
-    # Given that upstream also provides public documentation,
-    # we can disable it here.
-    (lib.mesonEnable "documentation" false)
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch [
-    # we don't have tensorflow-lite to build this
-    (lib.mesonEnable "rpi-awb-nn" false)
-  ];
+  mesonFlags =
+    lib.mapAttrsToList lib.mesonEnable {
+      v4l2 = true;
+      tracing = true;
+      pycamera = true;
+      qcam = withQcam;
+      apps-output-dng = withQcam;
+      cam-output-sdl2 = withQcam;
+      cam-jpeg = withQcam;
+      softisp-gpu = withSoftispGPU;
+      libunwind = false;
+      libdw = false;
+      lc-compliance = true;
+
+      # Documentation breaks binary compatibility.
+      # Given that upstream also provides public documentation,
+      # we can disable it here.
+      documentation = enableDocumentation;
+
+      rpi-awb-nn = false;
+    }
+    ++ [
+      (lib.mesonBool "test" finalAttrs.finalPackage.doCheck)
+
+      # Avoid blanket -Werror to evade build failures on less
+      # tested compilers.
+      (lib.mesonBool "werror" false)
+    ];
 
   env = {
     # Fixes error on a deprecated declaration
@@ -151,16 +163,30 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     FONTCONFIG_FILE = makeFontsConf { fontDirectories = [ ]; };
   };
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+    tests.pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Open source camera stack and framework for Linux, Android, and ChromeOS";
     homepage = "https://libcamera.org";
-    changelog = "https://git.libcamera.org/libcamera/libcamera.git/tag/?h=${src.rev}";
+    downloadPage = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/camera/libcamera";
+    changelog = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/camera/libcamera/-/releases/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ citadelcore ];
+    pkgConfigModules = [
+      "libcamera"
+      "libcamera-base"
+    ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      citadelcore
+      tmarkus
+    ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     badPlatforms = [
       # Mandatory shared libraries.
       lib.systems.inspect.platformPatterns.isStatic
     ];
   };
-}
+})