diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/spice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/spice/default.nix
index 0bf09eef19c90..ee0f6be16984b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/spice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/spice/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@
 , orc
 }:
 
+let
+  # This file was mistakenly not included with the 0.15.0 release tarball.
+  # Should be fixed with the next release.
+  # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice/-/issues/56
+  doxygen_sh = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice/-/raw/v0.15.0/doxygen.sh";
+    sha256 = "0g4bx91qclihp1jfhdhyj7wp4hf4289794xxbw32kk58lnd7bzkg";
+  };
+in
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "spice";
   version = "0.15.0";
@@ -34,10 +44,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
+    install ${doxygen_sh} doxygen.sh
     patchShebangs build-aux
   '';
 
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     glib
     meson
@@ -74,7 +84,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Dgstreamer=1.0"
-    "-Dcelt051=disabled"
   ];
 
   postInstall = ''