diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/aldo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/aldo/default.nix
index df52531a518..83bb520272e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/aldo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/aldo/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libao }:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, libao, autoreconfHook }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+let
   pname = "aldo";
-  version = "0.7.7";
+  version = "0.7.8";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  inherit pname version;
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://savannah/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "14lzgldqzbbzydsy1cai3wln3hpyj1yhj8ji3wygyzr616fq9f7i";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://git.savannah.gnu.org/${pname}.git";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0swvdq0pw1msy40qkpn1ar9kacqjyrw2azvf2fy38y0svyac8z2i";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
   buildInputs = [ libao ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {