diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index 48e67ac74a8..2157b7267d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -640,11 +640,11 @@ self: super:
 
   xf86videointel = super.xf86videointel.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
     # the update script only works with released tarballs :-/
-    name = "xf86-video-intel-2017-10-19";
+    name = "xf86-video-intel-2018-12-03";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel/snapshot/"
-          + "4798e18b2b2c8b0a05dc967e6140fd9962bc1a73.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1zpgbibfpdassswfj68zwhhfpvd2p80rpxw92bis6lv81ssknwby";
+          + "e5ff8e1828f97891c819c919d7115c6e18b2eb1f.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "01136zljk6liaqbk8j9m43xxzqj6xy4v50yjgi7l7g6pp8pw0gx6";
     };
     buildInputs = attrs.buildInputs ++ [self.libXfixes self.libXScrnSaver self.pixman];
     nativeBuildInputs = attrs.nativeBuildInputs ++ [autoreconfHook self.utilmacros];