diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/zeromq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/zeromq/default.nix
index 7a8f7f6d16a1..557a43a9820c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/zeromq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/zeromq/default.nix
@@ -2,17 +2,32 @@
 , lib
 , fetchurl
 , zeromq
+, pkg-config
+, autoreconfHook
 }:
 
 buildOctavePackage rec {
   pname = "zeromq";
-  version = "1.5.2";
+  version = "1.5.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "18h1039ri7dr37jv20cvj5vhw7b57frrda0hhbvlgixinbqmn9j7";
+    sha256 = "1h0pb2pqbnyiavf7r05j8bqxqd8syz16ab48hc74nlnx727anfwl";
   };
 
+  preAutoreconf = ''
+    cd src
+  '';
+
+  postAutoreconf = ''
+    cd ..
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    autoreconfHook
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     zeromq
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
index 115b38095ed1..b4aeb905280d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ makeScope newScope (self:
     windows = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/windows { };
 
     zeromq = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/zeromq {
-      inherit (pkgs) zeromq;
+      inherit (pkgs) zeromq autoreconfHook;
     };
 
   })