diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/seeks/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/seeks/default.nix
index 8c707e2fcc7..91dcf1bbd00 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/seeks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/seeks/default.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,44 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, zlib, docbook2x, pcre, curl, libxml2, libevent, perl
-, pkgconfig, protobuf, tokyocabinet, tokyotyrant, opencv
+{ fetchgit, stdenv, zlib, docbook2x, pcre, curl, libxml2, libevent, perl
+, pkgconfig, protobuf, tokyocabinet, tokyotyrant, opencv, autoconf, automake
+, libtool, seeks_confDir ? ""
 }:
 
-let version = "0.4.1"; in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "seeks-${version}";
+  name = "seeks-0.4.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/seeks/hippy/seeks-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1ppbbjw1zffxxhyvy64xwsff9xlw9wigqb7qwq5iw5mhbblz545q";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://github.com/beniz/seeks.git";
+    rev = "1168b3a2f3111c3fca31dd961135194c3e8df5fd";
+    sha256 = "159k9fk1ry8cybrq38jxm1qyxks9hlkfz624hzwxlzah6xb2j8a4";
   };
 
   buildInputs =
     [ zlib docbook2x pcre curl libxml2 libevent perl pkgconfig
-      protobuf tokyocabinet tokyotyrant opencv
+      protobuf tokyocabinet tokyotyrant opencv autoconf automake libtool
     ];
 
   configureFlags =
     [ # Enable the built-in web server providing a web search interface.
-      # See <http://www.seeks-project.info/wiki/index.php/Seeks_On_Web>.
       "--enable-httpserv-plugin=yes"
       "--with-libevent=${libevent}"
     ];
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    ./autogen.sh
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString (seeks_confDir != "") ''
+    ln -svf ${seeks_confDir}/config $out/etc/seeks/config
+    ln -svf ${seeks_confDir}/cf-config $out/etc/seeks/cf-config
+    ln -svf ${seeks_confDir}/httpserv-config $out/etc/seeks/httpserv-config
+    ln -svf ${seeks_confDir}/img-websearch-config $out/etc/seeks/img-websearch-config
+    ln -svf ${seeks_confDir}/lsh-config $out/etc/seeks/lsh-config
+    ln -svf ${seeks_confDir}/query-capture-config $out/etc/seeks/query-capture-config
+    ln -svf ${seeks_confDir}/udb-service-config $out/etc/seeks/udb-service-config
+    ln -svf ${seeks_confDir}/uri-capture-config $out/etc/seeks/uri-capture-config
+    ln -svf ${seeks_confDir}/websearch-config $out/etc/seeks/websearch-config
+  '';
+
   # FIXME: Test suite needs <https://code.google.com/p/googletest/>.
   doCheck = false;
 
@@ -44,8 +60,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     homepage = http://www.seeks-project.info/;
 
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
+    maintainers = [
+      stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo
+      stdenv.lib.maintainers.matejc
+    ];
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.gnu;  # arbitrary choice
-    hydraPlatforms = [];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 502c2f565e5..1267c0c999b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10193,9 +10193,7 @@ let
 
   seafile-client = callPackage ../applications/networking/seafile-client { };
 
-  seeks = callPackage ../tools/networking/p2p/seeks {
-    opencv = opencv_2_1;
-  };
+  seeks = callPackage ../tools/networking/p2p/seeks { };
 
   seg3d = callPackage ../applications/graphics/seg3d {
     wxGTK = wxGTK28.override { unicode = false; };