diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qjson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qjson/default.nix
index e69ae5f98f7..1d4da00bf4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qjson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qjson/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, qt4 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, qt4 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "qjson-0.8.1";
+  version = "0.8.1";
+  name = "qjson-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/qjson/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1n8lr2ph08yhcgimf4q1pnkd4z15v895bsf3m68ljz14aswvakfd";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "flavio";
+    repo = "qjson";
+    rev = "${version}";
+    sha256 = "1rb3ydrhyd4bczqzfv0kqpi2mx4hlpq1k8jvnwpcmvyaypqpqg59";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake qt4 ];