diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/pyre/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/pyre/default.nix
index 02772f9f791..87066284bfe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/pyre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/pyre/default.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 let
   # Manually set version - the setup script requires
   # hg and git + keeping the .git directory around.
-  pyre-version = "0.0.17";  # also change typeshed revision below with $pyre-src/.typeshed-version
+  pyre-version = "0.0.18";  # also change typeshed revision below with $pyre-src/.typeshed-version
   pyre-src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "facebook";
     repo = "pyre-check";
     rev = "v${pyre-version}";
-    sha256 = "0y86a3g5xbgh0byksyx5jw7yq7w840x85dhz9inz6mkg5j06mcis";
+    sha256 = "1sy1lk9j3hq20dabfkr9s4r7prrcndrs345a5iqz6yzvakr4r74d";
   };
   versionFile = writeScript "version.ml" ''
     cat > "./version.ml" <<EOF
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ let
     let log_version_banner () =
       Log.info "Running as pid: %d" (Pid.to_int (Unix.getpid ()));
       Log.info "Version: %s" (version ());
+      Log.info "Build info: %s" (build_info ())
     EOF
   '';
  pyre-bin = stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -28,8 +29,6 @@ let
 
   src = pyre-src;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-
   buildInputs = with ocamlPackages; [
     ocaml
     findlib
@@ -45,32 +44,29 @@ let
     # python36Packages.python36Full # TODO
   ];
 
-  buildPhase = ''
+  preBuild = ''
     # build requires HOME to be set
-    export HOME=.
+    export HOME=$TMPDIR
 
     # "external" because https://github.com/facebook/pyre-check/pull/8/files
     sed "s/%VERSION%/external/" dune.in > dune
 
-    cp ${versionFile} ./scripts/generate-version-number.sh
+    ln -sf ${versionFile} ./scripts/generate-version-number.sh
 
     mkdir $(pwd)/build
     export OCAMLFIND_DESTDIR=$(pwd)/build
     export OCAMLPATH=$OCAMLPATH:$(pwd)/build
-
-    make release
   '';
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    make test
-    # ./scripts/run-python-tests.sh # TODO: once typeshed and python bits are added
-  '';
+  buildFlags = [ "release" ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  # ./scripts/run-python-tests.sh # TODO: once typeshed and python bits are added
 
   # Note that we're not installing the typeshed yet.
   # Improvement for a future version.
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp ./_build/default/main.exe $out/bin/pyre.bin
+    install -D ./_build/default/main.exe $out/bin/pyre.bin
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {