diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/cuneiform/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/cuneiform/default.nix
index 13f7d4b7f6f..fb07e0a04b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/cuneiform/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/cuneiform/default.nix
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ a :
 let 
   fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
 
-  version = a.lib.attrByPath ["version"] "1.0" a; 
+  version = "1.1.0";
   buildInputs = with a; [
     cmake imagemagick patchelf
   ];
 in
 rec {
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://launchpad.net/cuneiform-linux/${version}/${version}/+download/cuneiform-linux-${version}.0.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "bfa7acc6aade966ab62bc0f19e0ac1a843b659a70202229570c087ca8b15f39e";
+    url = "http://launchpad.net/cuneiform-linux/${version}/${version}/+download/cuneiform-linux-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1bdvppyfx2184zmzcylskd87cxv56d8f32jf7g1qc8779l2hszjp";
   };
 
   inherit buildInputs;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/cuneiform/default.upstream b/pkgs/tools/graphics/cuneiform/default.upstream
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..70f7857580c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/cuneiform/default.upstream
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+url https://launchpad.net/cuneiform-linux/+download
+
+do_overwrite () {
+  ensure_hash
+  set_var_value version "$CURRENT_VERSION"
+  set_var_value sha256 "$CURRENT_HASH"
+}