diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/lrzip/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/lrzip/default.nix
index 596ea053166..78ce2d39f09 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/lrzip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/lrzip/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, lzo, bzip2, nasm, perl}:
+{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, lzo, bzip2, lz4, nasm, perl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.631";
+  version = "0.640";
   pname = "lrzip";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/lrzip/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0mb449vmmwpkalq732jdyginvql57nxyd31sszb108yps1lf448d";
+    url = "http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/lrzip/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "175466drfpz8rsfr0pzfn5rqrj3wmcmcs3i2sfmw366w2kbjm4j9";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ zlib lzo bzip2 nasm perl ];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib lzo bzip2 lz4 nasm perl ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--disable-asm"
+  ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/lrzip/";