diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/libtorrent/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/libtorrent/default.nix
index d1827a6045d..9646c47a8d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/libtorrent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/libtorrent/default.nix
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libtorrent-${version}";
-  version = "0.13.6";
+  version = "20161212";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub rec {
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rakshasa";
     repo = "libtorrent";
-    rev = "${version}";
-    sha256 = "1rvrxgb131snv9r6ksgzmd74rd9z7q46bhky0zazz7dwqqywffcp";
+    rev = "c167c5a9e0bcf0df23ae5efd91396aae0e37eb87";
+    sha256 = "0y9759sxx5dyamyw8w58dsxq7bmnn57q7s2f4cw2zln2pp5gripw";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libtool autoconf automake cppunit openssl libsigcxx zlib ];
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preConfigure = "./autogen.sh";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = http://www.libtorrent.org/;
+    homepage = "http://rtorrent.net/downloads/";
     description = "A BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix, with focus on high performance and good code";
 
     platforms = platforms.linux;