diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/granite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/granite/default.nix
index 4e41545687a..e542718502e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/granite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/granite/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, cmake, vala, pkgconfig, gobjectIntrospection, glib, gtk3, gnome3, gettext }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, perl, cmake, vala, pkgconfig, gobjectIntrospection, glib, gtk3, gnome3, gettext }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  majorVersion = "0.4";
-  minorVersion = "1";
-  name = "granite-${majorVersion}.${minorVersion}";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://launchpad.net/granite/${majorVersion}/${majorVersion}.${minorVersion}/+download/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "177h5h1q4qd7g99mzbczvz78j8c9jf4f1gwdj9f6imbc7r913d4b";
+  name = "granite-${version}";
+  version = "0.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "elementary";
+    repo = "granite";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "15l8z1jkqhvappnr8jww27lfy3dwqybgsxk5iccyvnvzpjdh2s0h";
   };
+
   cmakeFlags = "-DINTROSPECTION_GIRDIR=share/gir-1.0/ -DINTROSPECTION_TYPELIBDIR=lib/girepository-1.0";
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [perl cmake vala gobjectIntrospection glib gtk3 gnome3.libgee gettext];
+
   meta = {
     description = "An extension to GTK+ used by elementary OS";
     longDescription = "An extension to GTK+ that provides several useful widgets and classes to ease application development. Designed for elementary OS.";
-    homepage = https://launchpad.net/granite;
+    homepage = https://github.com/elementary/granite;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl3;
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.vozz ];