diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/cinelerra/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/cinelerra/default.nix
index eb3946b9ed0..d567622000e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/cinelerra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/cinelerra/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, autoconf, automake, libtool
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, libtool
 , pkgconfig, faad2, faac, a52dec, alsaLib, fftw, lame, libavc1394
 , libiec61883, libraw1394, libsndfile, libvorbis, libogg, libjpeg
 , libtiff, freetype, mjpegtools, x264, gettext, openexr
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "cinelerra-unstable-2016-01-12";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "git://git.cinelerra-cv.org/j6t/cinelerra.git";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ratopi";
+    repo = "CinelerraCV";
     rev = "454be60e201c18c1fc3f1f253a6d2184fcfc94c4";
     sha256 = "1n4kshqhgnr7aivsi8dgx48phyd2nzvv4szbc82mndklvs9jfb7r";
   };