diff --git a/Formula/cogl.rb b/Formula/cogl.rb
index bac51c15ce..f9e780050a 100644
--- a/Formula/cogl.rb
+++ b/Formula/cogl.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 class Cogl < Formula
   desc "Low level OpenGL abstraction library developed for Clutter"
   homepage "https://developer.gnome.org/cogl/"
-  url "https://download.gnome.org/sources/cogl/1.22/cogl-1.22.2.tar.xz"
-  sha256 "39a718cdb64ea45225a7e94f88dddec1869ab37a21b339ad058a9d898782c00d"
-  revision 1
+  url "https://download.gnome.org/sources/cogl/1.22/cogl-1.22.4.tar.xz"
+  sha256 "5217bf94cbca3df63268a3b79d017725382b9e592b891d1e7dc6212590ce0de0"
 
   bottle do
     sha256 "e8101f1075c0f7754670e94355b6adee2981cbc06f2cd06221e06009a730213f" => :mojave
@@ -14,14 +13,18 @@ class Cogl < Formula
 
   head do
     url "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/cogl.git"
-    depends_on "autoconf" => :build
-    depends_on "automake" => :build
-    depends_on "libtool" => :build
   end
 
+  # The tarball contains a malfunctioning GNU Autotools setup
+  # Running autoreconf is necessary to fix the build
+  # Reported upstream at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/cogl/issues/8
+  depends_on "autoconf" => :build
+  depends_on "automake" => :build
   depends_on "gobject-introspection" => :build
+  depends_on "libtool" => :build
   depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
   depends_on "cairo"
+  depends_on "gdk-pixbuf"
   depends_on "glib"
   depends_on "gtk-doc"
   depends_on "pango"
@@ -40,11 +43,8 @@ class Cogl < Formula
       --without-x
     ]
 
-    if build.head?
-      system "./autogen.sh", *args
-    else
-      system "./configure", *args
-    end
+    system "autoreconf", "-fi"
+    system "./configure", *args
     system "make", "install"
     doc.install "examples"
   end
@@ -54,13 +54,16 @@ class Cogl < Formula
 
       int main()
       {
+          CoglColor *color = cogl_color_new();
+          cogl_color_free(color);
           return 0;
       }
     EOS
     system ENV.cc, "-I#{include}/cogl",
            "-I#{Formula["glib"].opt_include}/glib-2.0",
            "-I#{Formula["glib"].opt_lib}/glib-2.0/include",
-           testpath/"test.c", "-o", testpath/"test"
+           testpath/"test.c", "-o", testpath/"test",
+           "-L#{lib}", "-lcogl"
     system "./test"
   end
 end