diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gperf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gperf/default.nix
index 4f39ade5d7d..f0aaa8dd351 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gperf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gperf/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "gperf-2.7.2";
+  name = "gperf-3.0.2";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/gperf-2.7.2.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "e501acc2e18eed2c8f25ca0ac2330d68";
+    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/gperf/gperf-3.0.2.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "5359fae9929f9f7235c6601f4b6e8c89";
   };
 }