diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/f2fs-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/f2fs-tools/default.nix
index acc3b5183fe1..2a590d44e217 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/f2fs-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/f2fs-tools/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, libselinux, libuuid, pkgconfig }:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, autoreconfHook, libselinux, libuuid, pkgconfig }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "f2fs-tools-${version}";
   version = "1.7.0";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs-tools.git/snapshot/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1m6bn1ibq0p53m0n97il91xqgjgn2pzlz74lb5bfzassx7159m1k";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs-tools.git";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0wpzklw8smnngng0dm25jdmi7v5zfhpz02dksyxpz0a7kzzvnqqm";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
-  buildInputs = [ libselinux libuuid pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ libselinux libuuid ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs-tools.git/";