diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix
index 02a9a6e6562..0b8929d5127 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ formats commits for you.
 
 */
 
-{ lib, stdenv, texinfo, writeText }:
+{ lib, stdenv, buildPackages, texinfo, writeText }:
 
 self: let
 
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ self: let
   }: let
 
     imported = import generated {
-      inherit (self) callPackage;
+      callPackage = pkgs: args: self.callPackage pkgs (args // {
+        # Use custom elpa url fetcher with fallback/uncompress
+        fetchurl = buildPackages.callPackage ./fetchelpa.nix { };
+      });
     };
 
     super = removeAttrs imported [ "dash" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index d168d34e373..c682a9da014 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 let
 
   mkElpaPackages = { pkgs, lib }: import ../applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/elpa-packages.nix {
-    inherit (pkgs) stdenv texinfo writeText;
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv texinfo writeText buildPackages;
     inherit lib;
   };