diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lttng-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lttng-modules/default.nix
index 9fdb5b42bf8..a520db33426 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lttng-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lttng-modules/default.nix
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@
 assert stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast kernel.version "3.4";  # fails on 3.2
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "lttng-modules-${rev}";
+  pname = "lttng-modules-${version}";
   name = "${pname}-${kernel.version}";
-  rev = "bf2ba318fff";
+  # Support for linux 3.16 and 3.17 was added just after the 2.5.0 release
+  version = "2.5.0-58-gbf2ba31"; # "git describe bf2ba318fff"
 
   src = fetchgit {
     url = "https://github.com/lttng/lttng-modules.git";
     sha256 = "0x70xp463g208rdz5b9b0wdwr2v8px1bwa589knvp4j7zi8d2gj9";
-    inherit rev;
+    rev = "bf2ba318fff";
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''