diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fftw/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fftw/default.nix
index a7a02521c69c..6b92848fd0f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fftw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fftw/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,34 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, lib, precision ? "double" }:
+{ fetchFromGitHub , stdenv, lib, ocaml, perl, indent, transfig, ghostscript, texinfo, libtool, gettext, automake, autoconf, precision ? "double" }:
 
 with lib;
 
 assert elem precision [ "single" "double" "long-double" "quad-precision" ];
 
-let version = "3.3.4"; in
+let version = "3.3.5-rc1"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "fftw-${precision}-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.fftw.org/pub/fftw/fftw-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "10h9mzjxnwlsjziah4lri85scc05rlajz39nqf3mbh4vja8dw34g";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "FFTW";
+    repo = "fftw3";
+    rev = "fftw-${version}";
+    sha256 = "1gc57xvdqbapq30ylj3fxwkv61la4kzyf7ji0q0xqjwpji2ynqi4";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ ocaml perl indent transfig ghostscript texinfo libtool gettext automake autoconf ];
+
+  # remove the ./configure lines, so we can use nix's configureFlags
+  patchPhase = "sed -e '27,29d' -i bootstrap.sh";
+
+  preConfigurePhases =  "./bootstrap.sh";
+
   outputs = [ "dev" "out" "doc" ]; # it's dev-doc only
   outputBin = "dev"; # fftw-wisdom
 
   configureFlags =
-    [ "--enable-shared" "--disable-static"
+    [ "--enable-maintainer-mode"
+      "--enable-shared" "--disable-static"
       "--enable-threads"
     ]
     ++ optional (precision != "double") "--enable-${precision}"