diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/default.nix
index 18de87b0667..9f4d766f719 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/default.nix
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ let
   sourceInfo = rec {
     baseName="botan";
     tarBaseName="Botan";
-    baseVersion="1.8";
-    revision="11";
+    baseVersion = "1.10";
+    revision = "8";
     version="${baseVersion}.${revision}";
     name="${baseName}-${version}";
     url="http://files.randombit.net/${baseName}/v${baseVersion}/${tarBaseName}-${version}.tbz";
-    hash="194vffc9gfb0912lzndn8nzblg2d2gjmk13fc8hppgpw7ln0mdn3";
+    hash = "182f316rbdd6jrqn92vjms3jyb9syn4ic0nzi3b7rfjbj3zdabxw";
   };
 in
 rec {
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ rec {
     ];
     platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
       unix;
+    inherit version;
   };
   passthru = {
     updateInfo = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/default.upstream b/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/default.upstream
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..becbf348b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/default.upstream
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+url http://botan.randombit.net/download.html
+version_link 'Botan-[0-9]+[.][0-9]*[02468]([.][0-9]+)?[.](tbz|tbz2|tar[.]bz2)$'
+ensure_version
+ensure_hash
+do_overwrite(){
+  set_var_value hash $CURRENT_HASH
+  set_var_value baseVersion ${CURRENT_VERSION%.*}
+  set_var_value revision ${CURRENT_VERSION##*.}
+}