diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/qgit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/qgit/default.nix
index 7da45e2d3f9..188e5a4faaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/qgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/qgit/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, qtbase }:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, cmake, qtbase }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "qgit-2.6";
+  name = "qgit-2.7";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://libre.tibirna.org/attachments/download/12/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1brrhac6s6jrw3djhgailg5d5s0vgrfvr0sczqgzpp3i6pxf8qzl";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "http://repo.or.cz/qgit4/redivivus.git";
+    rev = name;
+    sha256 = "0c0zxykpgkxb8gpgzz5i6b8nrzg7cdxikvpg678x7gsnxhlwjv3a";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ qtbase ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     homepage = http://libre.tibirna.org/projects/qgit/wiki/QGit;