diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fbterm/src-for-default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fbterm/src-for-default.nix
index 39aaa2ca626..6705404ac9f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fbterm/src-for-default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fbterm/src-for-default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 rec {
-   version="1.5";
-   name="fbterm-1.5";
-   hash="05qzc6g9a79has3cy7dlw70n4pn13r552a2i1g4xy23acnpvvjsb";
+   version="1.7";
+   name="fbterm-1.7";
+   hash="19qjb2zb4gwr1jlybmalaw3y3zybvc8vliwj85dfabmill1k1afh";
    url="http://fbterm.googlecode.com/files/fbterm-${version}.tar.gz";
-   advertisedUrl="http://fbterm.googlecode.com/files/fbterm-1.5.tar.gz";
+   advertisedUrl="http://fbterm.googlecode.com/files/fbterm-1.7.tar.gz";
   
   
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fbterm/stdenv.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fbterm/stdenv.nix
index 893dba11b60..010f8e00ddc 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fbterm/stdenv.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fbterm/stdenv.nix
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, gpm, freetype, fontconfig, pkgconfig, ncurses }:
 
 let
-  version="1.5";
-  name="fbterm-1.5";
-  hash="05qzc6g9a79has3cy7dlw70n4pn13r552a2i1g4xy23acnpvvjsb";
+  version="1.7";
+  name="fbterm-1.7";
+  hash="19qjb2zb4gwr1jlybmalaw3y3zybvc8vliwj85dfabmill1k1afh";
   url="http://fbterm.googlecode.com/files/fbterm-${version}.tar.gz";
 in
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildNativeInputs = [ ncurses ];
   buildInputs = [ gpm freetype fontconfig pkgconfig ];
 
-  patchPhase = ''
+  postPatch = ''
     sed -e '/ifdef SYS_signalfd/atypedef long long loff_t;' -i src/fbterm.cpp
 
     sed -e '/install-exec-hook:/,/^[^\t]/{d}; /.NOEXPORT/iinstall-exec-hook:\