diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cppzmq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cppzmq/default.nix
index b1860872df3..7361dc45db7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cppzmq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cppzmq/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, zeromq }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "cppzmq-${version}";
-  version = "2016-11-16";
+  version = "4.2.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "zeromq";
     repo = "cppzmq";
-    rev = "8b52a6ffacce27bac9b81c852b81539a77b0a6e5";
-    sha256 = "12accjyjzfw1wqzbj1qn6q99bj5ba05flsvbanyzflr3b4971s4p";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0hy8yxb22siimq0pf6jq6kdp9lvi5f6al1xd12c9i1jyajhp1lhk";
   };
 
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -Dm644 zmq.hpp $out/include/zmq.hpp
-  '';
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ zeromq ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/zeromq/cppzmq";