diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fr/fribidi/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fr/fribidi/package.nix
index f8fd5f3171c9..fa1e16a936fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fr/fribidi/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fr/fribidi/package.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,18 @@
   fixDarwinDylibNames,
   python3,
   testers,
+
+  # for passthru.tests
+  pango,
+  libass,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "fribidi";
-  version = "1.0.16";
+  version = "1.0.17";
+
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
 
   outputs = [
     "out"
@@ -26,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     url =
       with finalAttrs;
       "https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/releases/download/v${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-GxzeWyNdQEeekb4vDoijCeMhTIq0cOyKJ0TYKlqeoFw=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-aUnc3ifUHOutH9dB/K/DbVWhAg0thy1KbrORTKq7raI=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -40,8 +47,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ]
   ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin fixDarwinDylibNames;
 
+  # necessary to compile helper which runs during build to generate tables
+  # see gen.tab/meson.build for details
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
 
+  mesonFlags = lib.mapAttrsToList lib.mesonBool {
+    tests = finalAttrs.finalPackage.doCheck;
+    docs = true;
+    bin = true;
+    deprecated = true;
+  };
+
   doCheck = true;
   nativeCheckInputs = [ python3 ];
 
@@ -49,14 +65,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pkg-config = testers.hasPkgConfigModules {
       package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
     };
+    inherit pango libass;
   };
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     description = "GNU implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (bidi)";
     mainProgram = "fribidi";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     pkgConfigModules = [ "fribidi" ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ tmarkus ];
+    identifiers.cpeParts = lib.meta.cpeFullVersionWithVendor "gnu" finalAttrs.version;
   };
 })