diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml-2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml-2/default.nix
index 6c77f6a004a..9011d33e922 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml-2/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake }:
-let version = "3.0.0";
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "tinyxml-2-${version}";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0ispg7ngkry8vhzzawbq42y8gkj53xjipkycw0rkhh487ras32hj";
+  version = "4.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = "tinyxml2";
+    owner = "leethomason";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1a0skfi8rzk53qcxbv88qlvhlqzvsvg4hm20dnx4zw7vrn6anr9y";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   meta = {
+    description = "A simple, small, efficient, C++ XML parser";
+    homepage = http://www.grinninglizard.com/tinyxml2/index.html;
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.zlib;
   };
 }