diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/generic.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/generic.nix
index 9c4c2600fb4..87ed6295977 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/generic.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ python2Packages.buildPythonApplication {
   pythonPath = with python2Packages;
     [ prettytable
       boto
+      boto3
       hetzner
       libcloud
       azure-storage
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ python2Packages.buildPythonApplication {
       azure-mgmt-resource
       azure-mgmt-storage
       adal
+      pysqlite  # Go back to builtin sqlite once Python 2.7.13 is released
+      datadog
     ];
 
   doCheck = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/unstable.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/unstable.nix
index bba392e30e7..fb5791be239 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/unstable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/unstable.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 { callPackage, fetchurl }:
 
 callPackage ./generic.nix (rec {
-  version = "1.4";
+  version = "2016-11-23";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://nixos.org/releases/nixops/nixops-${version}/nixops-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1a6vkn8rh5lgalxh6cwr4894n3yp7f2qxcbcjv42nnmy5g4fy5fd";
+    # Hydra doesn't serve production outputs anymore :(
+    url = "https://static.domenkozar.com/nixops-1.5pre0_abcdef.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1a4cyd3zvkdjg9rf9ssr7p4i6r89zr483v5nlr5jzjdjjyi3j2bz";
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 30f52b37675..899519a9c01 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17163,7 +17163,7 @@ in
 
   nixops = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nixops { };
 
-  nixopsUnstable = nixops;# callPackage ../tools/package-management/nixops/unstable.nix { };
+  nixopsUnstable = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nixops/unstable.nix { };
 
   nixui = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nixui { node_webkit = nwjs_0_12; };