diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vaapi-intel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vaapi-intel/default.nix
index 49f638a7bc56..edb2a8214dde 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vaapi-intel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vaapi-intel/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, gnum4, pkgconfig, python2
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, gnum4, pkgconfig, python2
 , intel-gpu-tools, libdrm, libva, libX11, mesa_noglu, wayland, libXext
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "intel-vaapi-driver-${version}";
-  version = "1.8.2";
+  inherit (libva) version;
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/vaapi/releases/libva-intel-driver/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "00mpcvininwr5c4wyhp16s4bddg7vclxxjm2sfq5h7lifjcxyv46";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "01org";
+    repo   = "libva-intel-driver";
+    rev    = version;
+    sha256 = "1832nnva3d33wv52bj59bv62q7a807sdxjqqq0my7l9x7a4qdkzz";
   };
 
   patchPhase = ''
@@ -25,10 +27,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--enable-wayland"
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ gnum4 pkgconfig python2 ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook gnum4 pkgconfig python2 ];
 
   buildInputs = [ intel-gpu-tools libdrm libva libX11 libXext mesa_noglu wayland ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://cgit.freedesktop.org/vaapi/intel-driver/;
     license = licenses.mit;