diff --git a/packages/n/nlopt/xmake.lua b/packages/n/nlopt/xmake.lua
index b77beaf8e..34a6d1820 100644
--- a/packages/n/nlopt/xmake.lua
+++ b/packages/n/nlopt/xmake.lua
@@ -1,25 +1,38 @@
 package("nlopt")
-
-    set_homepage("https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/")
-    set_description("NLopt is a library for nonlinear local and global optimization, for functions with and without gradient information.")
+    set_homepage("https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt")
+    set_description("library for nonlinear optimization, wrapping many algorithms for global and local, constrained or unconstrained, optimization")
     set_license("LGPL-2.1")
 
-    add_urls("https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/archive/$(version).tar.gz",
+    add_urls("https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/archive/refs/tags/$(version).tar.gz",
              "https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt.git")
+
+    add_versions("v2.8.0", "e02a4956a69d323775d79fdaec7ba7a23ed912c7d45e439bc933d991ea3193fd")
     add_versions("v2.7.0", "b881cc2a5face5139f1c5a30caf26b7d3cb43d69d5e423c9d78392f99844499f")
     add_versions("v2.7.1", "db88232fa5cef0ff6e39943fc63ab6074208831dc0031cf1545f6ecd31ae2a1a")
 
+    add_configs("octave", {description = "build octave bindings", default = false, type = "boolean", readonly = true})
+    add_configs("matlab", {description = "build matlab bindings", default = false, type = "boolean", readonly = true})
+    add_configs("guile", {description = "build guile bindings", default = false, type = "boolean", readonly = true})
+
     add_deps("cmake")
+
     on_load("windows", function (package)
         if package:config("shared") then
             package:add("defines", "NLOPT_DLL")
         end
     end)
 
-    on_install("linux", "windows", "macosx", function (package)
-        local configs = {"-DNLOPT_PYTHON=OFF", "-DNLOPT_OCTAVE=OFF", "-DNLOPT_MATLAB=OFF", "-DNLOPT_GUILE=OFF", "-DNLOPT_TESTS=OFF"}
-        table.insert(configs, "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=" .. (package:debug() and "Debug" or "Release"))
+    on_install(function (package)
+        local configs = {
+            "-DNLOPT_TESTS=OFF",
+            "-DNLOPT_PYTHON=OFF",
+            "-DNLOPT_SWIG=OFF",
+        }
+        table.insert(configs, "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=" .. (package:is_debug() and "Debug" or "Release"))
         table.insert(configs, "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=" .. (package:config("shared") and "ON" or "OFF"))
+        table.insert(configs, "-DNLOPT_OCTAVE=" .. (package:config("octave") and "ON" or "OFF"))
+        table.insert(configs, "-DNLOPT_MATLAB=" .. (package:config("matlab") and "ON" or "OFF"))
+        table.insert(configs, "-DNLOPT_GUILE=" .. (package:config("guile") and "ON" or "OFF"))
         import("package.tools.cmake").install(package, configs)
     end)