diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/qd/qdl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/qd/qdl/package.nix
index fcd080c60d05..bde84a5f85f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/qd/qdl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/qd/qdl/package.nix
@@ -2,32 +2,56 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch2,
+  meson,
   pkg-config,
   libxml2,
   libusb1,
+  libzip,
+  cmocka,
+  ninja,
   nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "qdl";
-  version = "2.6";
+  version = "2.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "linux-msm";
     repo = "qdl";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-/lvKMC0bJdfqhPCuBYChX/6Aybpu+cPg0Vjl2HDbOeE=";
+    hash = "sha256-oZ/1Pe81VOAmZiywSC2jC1OcDtaH84GAuo8AqiE77d4=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  patches = [
+    # allow VERSION to be overridden, will land in 2.8
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/linux-msm/qdl/commit/6f8700ed81b3614baa12786a9845c9abeab1e178.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-fDC34Wq4MadDDLHVQ5zuRKE2zD2dOMTU8EGINcJTYuI=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    pkg-config
+    cmocka
+    ninja
+  ];
   buildInputs = [
     libxml2
     libusb1
+    libzip
   ];
 
-  makeFlags = [
-    "VERSION=${finalAttrs.src.rev}"
-    "prefix=${placeholder "out"}"
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "--prefix=${placeholder "out"}"
+    "-DVERSION=${finalAttrs.src.rev}"
+
+    # Tests currently fail to link but seem rather new
+    # https://github.com/linux-msm/qdl/issues/260
+    # test_contents_selectors.c:(.text+0x234e): undefined reference to `firehose_alloc_op'
+    "-Dtests=disabled"
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;