diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/qgit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/qgit/default.nix
index 188e5a4faaf..0a88fbd0929 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/qgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/qgit/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, cmake, qtbase }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, qtbase }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "qgit-2.7";
+  name = "qgit-2.8";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "http://repo.or.cz/qgit4/redivivus.git";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tibirna";
+    repo = "qgit";
     rev = name;
-    sha256 = "0c0zxykpgkxb8gpgzz5i6b8nrzg7cdxikvpg678x7gsnxhlwjv3a";
+    sha256 = "01l6mz2f333x3zbfr68mizwpsh6sdsnadcavpasidiych1m5ry8f";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ qtbase ];