diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/lbzip2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/lbzip2/default.nix
index 7e9cc055abf5..99d41c06ec64 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/lbzip2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/lbzip2/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gnulib, perl, autoconf, automake }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "lbzip2-2.5";
+  version = "2.5";
+  name = "lbzip2-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://archive.lbzip2.org/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1sahaqc5bw4i0iyri05syfza4ncf5cml89an033fspn97klmxis6";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kjn";
+    repo = "lbzip2";
+    sha256 = "1h321wva6fp6khz6x0i6rqb76xh327nw6v5jhgjpcckwdarj5jv8";
+    rev = "v${version}";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = [ gnulib perl ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    ./build-aux/autogen.sh
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/kjn/lbzip2"; # Formerly http://lbzip2.org/
     description = "Parallel bzip2 compression utility";