diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index 45df7244176..c3665667107 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -562,6 +562,13 @@ in
   };
 
   xf86videointel = attrs: attrs // {
+    # the update script only works with released tarballs :-/
+    name = "xf86-video-intel-2017-04-18";
+    src = args.fetchurl {
+      url = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel/snapshot/"
+          + "c72bb27a3a68ecc616ce2dc8e9a1d20354504562.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1awxbig135nmq7qa8jzggqr4q32k6ngnal2lckrdkg7zqi40zdv8";
+    };
     buildInputs = attrs.buildInputs ++ [xorg.libXfixes xorg.libXScrnSaver xorg.pixman];
     nativeBuildInputs = attrs.nativeBuildInputs ++ [args.autoreconfHook xorg.utilmacros];
     configureFlags = "--with-default-dri=3 --enable-tools";