diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgnurl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgnurl/default.nix
index f055b4f5a95..f35447ff38c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgnurl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgnurl/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "7.35.0";
+  version = "7.48.0";
 
   name = "libgnurl-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://gnunet.org/sites/default/files/gnurl-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0dzj22f5z6ppjj1aq1bml64iwbzzcd8w1qy3bgpk6gnzqslsxknf";
+    url = "https://gnunet.org/sites/default/files/gnurl-7_48_0.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "14gch4rdibrc8qs4mijsczxvl45dsclf234g17dk6c8nc2s4bm0a";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = [ perl ];
+
   preConfigure = ''
     sed -e 's|/usr/bin|/no-such-path|g' -i.bak configure
   '';
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A fork of libcurl used by GNUnet";
     homepage    = https://gnunet.org/gnurl;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ falsifian ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ falsifian vrthra ];
     hydraPlatforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }