diff --git a/doc/meta.xml b/doc/meta.xml
index 691bb4019bde..91f5f20498e5 100644
--- a/doc/meta.xml
+++ b/doc/meta.xml
@@ -164,6 +164,18 @@ following:
     3 or higher.</para></listitem>
   </varlistentry>
 
+  <varlistentry>
+    <term><varname>bsd</varname></term>
+    <listitem><para>Catch-all for licenses that are essentially
+    similar to <link
+    xlink:href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ModifiedBSD">the
+    original BSD license with the advertising clause removed</link>,
+    i.e. permissive non-copyleft free software licenses.  This
+    includes the <link
+    xlink:href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#X11License">X11
+    (“MIT”) License</link>.</para></listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
   <varlistentry>
     <term><varname>free</varname></term>
     <listitem><para>Catch-all for free software licenses not listed
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
index 526769fd9cf2..1b9619813f6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, freetype, expat}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "fontconfig-2.6.0";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "fontconfig-2.7.3";
   
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://fontconfig.org/release/fontconfig-2.6.0.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "19fqr2vh7rzpqfh2lnkymh7q5pxn9r4w2z35lh36crp5l3m3k9m9";
+    url = "http://fontconfig.org/release/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0l5hjifapv4v88a204ixg6w6xly81cji2cr65znra0vbbkqvz3xs";
   };
   
   buildInputs = [freetype];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [expat]; # !!! shouldn't be necessary, but otherwise pango breaks
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    configureFlags="--with-confdir=$out/etc/fonts --disable-docs --with-default-fonts="
-  '';
+  configureFlags = "--with-confdir=/etc/fonts --with-cache-dir=/var/cache/fontconfig --disable-docs --with-default-fonts=";
+
+  installFlags = "CONFDIR=$(out)/etc RUN_FC_CACHE_TEST=false";
 
   meta = {
     description = "A library for font customization and configuration";
     homepage = http://fontconfig.org/;
+    license = "bsd";
   };  
 }