diff --git a/gnu/packages/linphone.scm b/gnu/packages/linphone.scm
index 065917dbb9a..84c3f482648 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linphone.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linphone.scm
@@ -316,75 +316,80 @@ Matroska multimedia container format.")
                    license:lgpl2.1+)))) ;for LibMatroska2
 
 (define-public bcg729
-  (package
-    (name "bcg729")
-    (version "1.1.1")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method git-fetch)
-       (uri (git-reference
-             (url "git://git.linphone.org/bcg729")
-             (commit version)))
-       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
-       (sha256
-        (base32 "1hal6b3w6f8y5r1wa0xzj8sj2jjndypaxyw62q50p63garp2h739"))))
-    (build-system cmake-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     `(#:configure-flags (list "-DENABLE_STATIC=NO"
-                               "-DENABLE_TESTS=YES")
-       #:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-before 'check 'copy-inputs
-           (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             (let ((test-patterns (assoc-ref inputs "test-patterns"))
-                   (dest (string-append "test/bcg729-patterns.zip")))
-               (copy-recursively test-patterns dest))))
-         (replace 'check
-           (lambda _
-             (with-directory-excursion "test"
-               (invoke "unzip" "bcg729-patterns.zip")
-               (for-each
-                (lambda (test-name)
-                  (invoke "./testCampaign" "-s" test-name))
-                (list "fixedCodebookSearch"
-                      "postProcessing"
-                      "adaptativeCodebookSearch"
-                      "computeLP"
-                      "computeAdaptativeCodebookGain"
-                      "postFilter"
-                      "decoder"
-                      "LPSynthesisFilter"
-                      "decodeLSP"
-                      ;; "encoder"
-                      ;; "LSPQuantization"
-                      "preProcessing"
-                      "decodeFixedCodeVector"
-                      "CNGdecoder"
-                      ;; "LP2LSPConversion"
-                      "gainQuantization"
-                      "findOpenLoopPitchDelay"
-                      "decodeGains"
-                      "computeWeightedSpeech"
-                      "interpolateqLSPAndConvert2LP"
-                      "decodeAdaptativeCodeVector"))))))))
-    (native-inputs
-     `(("perl" ,perl)
-       ("test-patterns"
-        ,(origin
-           (method url-fetch)
-           (uri (string-append "http://www.belledonne-communications.com/"
-                               "bc-downloads/bcg729-patterns.zip"))
-           (sha256
-            (base32 "1kivarhh3izrl9sg0szs6x6pbq2ap0y6xsraw0gbgspi4gnfihrh"))))
-       ("unzip" ,unzip)))
-    (synopsis "Belledonne Communications G729 Codec")
-    (description "BcG729 is an implementation of both encoder and decoder of
+  ;; mediastreamer2 needs a more recent commit than the latest release to
+  ;; detect the BCG729 package.
+  (let ((commit "8bec1e5fc072f3669e435edd137eb3da6da2eef7")
+        (revision "1"))
+    (package
+      (name "bcg729")
+      (version (git-version "1.1.1" revision commit))
+      (source
+       (origin
+         (method git-fetch)
+         (uri (git-reference
+               (url "https://gitlab.linphone.org/BC/public/bcg729.git")
+               (commit commit)))
+         (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+         (sha256
+          (base32 "1s0bnxqv7xrh65ypdyvahjslx8rj0q1zm0bpvwcakf5hs7h45g7x"))))
+      (build-system cmake-build-system)
+      (arguments
+       `(#:configure-flags (list "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=YES"
+                                 "-DENABLE_UNIT_TESTS=YES")
+         #:phases
+         (modify-phases %standard-phases
+           (add-before 'check 'copy-inputs
+             (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+               (let ((test-patterns (assoc-ref inputs "test-patterns"))
+                     (dest (string-append "test/bcg729-patterns.zip")))
+                 (copy-recursively test-patterns dest))))
+           (replace 'check
+             (lambda* (#:key tests? #:allow-other-keys)
+               (when tests?
+                 (with-directory-excursion "test"
+                   (invoke "unzip" "bcg729-patterns.zip")
+                   (for-each
+                    (lambda (test-name)
+                      (invoke "./testCampaign" "-s" test-name))
+                    (list "fixedCodebookSearch"
+                          "postProcessing"
+                          "adaptativeCodebookSearch"
+                          "computeLP"
+                          "computeAdaptativeCodebookGain"
+                          "postFilter"
+                          "decoder"
+                          "LPSynthesisFilter"
+                          "decodeLSP"
+                          ;; "encoder"
+                          ;; "LSPQuantization"
+                          "preProcessing"
+                          "decodeFixedCodeVector"
+                          "CNGdecoder"
+                          ;; "LP2LSPConversion"
+                          "gainQuantization"
+                          "findOpenLoopPitchDelay"
+                          "decodeGains"
+                          "computeWeightedSpeech"
+                          "interpolateqLSPAndConvert2LP"
+                          "decodeAdaptativeCodeVector")))))))))
+      (native-inputs
+       `(("perl" ,perl)
+         ("test-patterns"
+          ,(origin
+             (method url-fetch)
+             (uri (string-append "http://www.belledonne-communications.com/"
+                                 "bc-downloads/bcg729-patterns.zip"))
+             (sha256
+              (base32 "1kivarhh3izrl9sg0szs6x6pbq2ap0y6xsraw0gbgspi4gnfihrh"))))
+         ("unzip" ,unzip)))
+      (synopsis "Belledonne Communications G729 Codec")
+      (description "BcG729 is an implementation of both encoder and decoder of
 the ITU G729 speech codec.  The library written in C 99 is fully portable and
 can be executed on many platforms including both ARM and x86 processors.  It
 supports concurrent channels encoding and decoding for multi call application
 such as conferencing.")
-    (home-page "https://linphone.org/technical-corner/bcg729")
-    (license license:gpl3+)))
+      (home-page "https://linphone.org/technical-corner/bcg729")
+      (license license:gpl3+))))
 
 (define-public ortp
   (package