diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/flann/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/flann/default.nix
index 145d2b42a9d..5f67c84bd19 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/flann/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/flann/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, cmake, python}:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, unzip, cmake, python }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "flann-1.8.4";
+  name = "flann-1.9.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://people.cs.ubc.ca/~mariusm/uploads/FLANN/flann-1.8.4-src.zip;
-    sha256 = "022w8hph7bli5zbpnk3z1qh1c2sl5hm8fw2ccim651ynn0hr7fyz";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mariusmuja";
+    repo = "flann";
+    rev = "1.9.1";
+    sha256 = "13lg9nazj5s9a41j61vbijy04v6839i67lqd925xmxsbybf36gjc";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ unzip cmake python ];