diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsigsegv/2.5.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsigsegv/2.5.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9dd50c37c61..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsigsegv/2.5.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-args: with args;
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libsigsegv-2.5";
-  
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnu/libsigsegv/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0fvcsq9msi63vrbpvks6mqkrnls5cfy6bzww063sqhk2h49vsyyg";
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://libsigsegv.sf.net;
-    description = "A library for handling page faults in user mode";
-  };
-
-  doCheck = true;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsigsegv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsigsegv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68814d4bc96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsigsegv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libsigsegv-2.7";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/libsigsegv/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1j21wanj8wsrvgjb8hjvydl5la70fd1qi21yfm6xmgmwbw26973h";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/libsigsegv/;
+    description = "GNU libsigsegv, a library to handle page faults in user mode";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      GNU libsigsegv is a library for handling page faults in user mode. A
+      page fault occurs when a program tries to access to a region of memory
+      that is currently not available. Catching and handling a page fault is
+      a useful technique for implementing pageable virtual memory,
+      memory-mapped access to persistent databases, generational garbage
+      collectors, stack overflow handlers, distributed shared memory, and
+      more.
+    '';
+
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ed947fecc08..662fed43fe4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3607,7 +3607,7 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig;
   };
 
-  libsigsegv = import ../development/libraries/libsigsegv/2.5.nix {
+  libsigsegv = import ../development/libraries/libsigsegv {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };