diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode-plugins/urxvt-tabbedex/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode-plugins/urxvt-tabbedex/default.nix
index 5dc6ed65070..901afab78bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode-plugins/urxvt-tabbedex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode-plugins/urxvt-tabbedex/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, perl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "urxvt-tabbedex-2015-03-03";
+  name = "urxvt-tabbedex-2016-08-09";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://github.com/mina86/urxvt-tabbedex";
-    rev = "b0a02018b1cbaaba2a0c8ea7af9368db0adf3363";
-    sha256 = "f0025f2741d424736620147d9fc39faac68193cb9f74bde0fb6e02a6f1ae61c3";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mina86";
+    repo = "urxvt-tabbedex";
+    rev = "ac220eb3984e151ba14dce08f446bc7bc8ca29a2";
+    sha256 = "1b5mff5137jb5ysklsmfp5ql3m4g1z3bdhk0nwhz2hgwz40ap6k8";
   };
 
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -D tabbedex $out/lib/urxvt/perl/tabbedex
-  '';
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
+
+  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Tabbed plugin for rxvt-unicode with many enhancements (mina86's fork)";