diff --git a/pkgs/development/misc/bleeding-edge-repos/default.nix b/pkgs/development/misc/bleeding-edge-repos/default.nix
index 9284c3075d7..552d41f1a1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/misc/bleeding-edge-repos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/misc/bleeding-edge-repos/default.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ args:
       kdebase = { type="svn"; url="svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/KDE/kdebase"; groups = "kde"; };
 
       cinelerra =  { type="git"; url="git://git.cinelerra.org/j6t/cinelerra.git"; };
-
+      ctags = { type = "svn"; url = "https://ctags.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/ctags/trunk"; };
       autofs = { type="git"; url="http://ftp.riken.go.jp/Linux/kernel.org/scm/linux/storage/autofs/autofs.git"; };
 
       # git repositories 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ctags/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ctags/default.nix
index bddb55b035d..ffe45044076 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ctags/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ctags/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, bleedingEdgeRepos, automake, autoconf}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "ctags-5.7";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/ctags/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "10623bbcc9b0cb60124271ce83111733a1043ab022d51cfcd2c0e0c953bd8b58";
-  };
+  name = "ctags-svn";
+  src = bleedingEdgeRepos.sourceByName "ctags";
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    autoheader
+    autoconf
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ automake autoconf ];
   meta = {
     description = "Exuberant Ctags, a tool for fast source code browsing";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/bleeding-edge-fetch-infos.nix b/pkgs/misc/bleeding-edge-fetch-infos.nix
index ed17be9a42d..f1e50e457a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/bleeding-edge-fetch-infos.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/bleeding-edge-fetch-infos.nix
@@ -243,4 +243,8 @@
     url = "http://mawercer.de/~nix/repos/autofs-9a77464b8a661d33a6205756955e0047727d5c1f.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0260817c5deb87210a4cea340d0ef0f35577ef14f37bd7da05a2f08be385ac2f";
   };
+  ctags = args: with args; fetchurl { # Thu May  7 20:12:55 CEST 2009
+    url = "http://mawercer.de/~nix/repos/ctags-703.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "3f897b303f446aa8b52832d2aef280d359979bb2cd8768a2e70b6475adc64d61";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3c1d9a2ebc9..2aa57449e6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2368,7 +2368,7 @@ let
   };
 
   ctags = import ../development/tools/misc/ctags {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv bleedingEdgeRepos automake autoconf;
   };
 
   ctagsWrapped = import ../development/tools/misc/ctags/wrapped.nix {