diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/suricata/bpf_stubs_workaround.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/suricata/bpf_stubs_workaround.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4e8c95fea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/suricata/bpf_stubs_workaround.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+*** suricata-5.0.0/ebpf/Makefile.in	2019-10-16 22:39:13.174649416 +0200
+--- suricata-5.0.0/ebpf/Makefile.in.fixed	2019-10-16 22:38:41.822201802 +0200
+***************
+*** 527,533 ****
+  @BUILD_EBPF_TRUE@$(BPF_TARGETS): %.bpf: %.c
+  #      From C-code to LLVM-IR format suffix .ll (clang -S -emit-llvm)
+  @BUILD_EBPF_TRUE@	${CLANG} -Wall $(BPF_CFLAGS) -O2 \
+! @BUILD_EBPF_TRUE@		-I/usr/include/$(build_cpu)-$(build_os)/ \
+  @BUILD_EBPF_TRUE@		-D__KERNEL__ -D__ASM_SYSREG_H \
+  @BUILD_EBPF_TRUE@		-target bpf -S -emit-llvm $< -o ${@:.bpf=.ll}
+  #      From LLVM-IR to BPF-bytecode in ELF-obj file
+--- 527,533 ----
+  @BUILD_EBPF_TRUE@$(BPF_TARGETS): %.bpf: %.c
+  #      From C-code to LLVM-IR format suffix .ll (clang -S -emit-llvm)
+  @BUILD_EBPF_TRUE@	${CLANG} -Wall $(BPF_CFLAGS) -O2 \
+! @BUILD_EBPF_TRUE@		-idirafter ../bpf_stubs_workaround \
+  @BUILD_EBPF_TRUE@		-D__KERNEL__ -D__ASM_SYSREG_H \
+  @BUILD_EBPF_TRUE@		-target bpf -S -emit-llvm $< -o ${@:.bpf=.ll}
+  #      From LLVM-IR to BPF-bytecode in ELF-obj file
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/suricata/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/suricata/default.nix
index 62f755c4d7c..7f2a9d71fe5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/suricata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/suricata/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
 , fetchurl
+, clang
+, llvm
 , pkgconfig
 , makeWrapper
 , file
-, geoip
 , hyperscan
 , jansson
+, libbpf
 , libcap_ng
+, libelf
 , libevent
+, libmaxminddb
 , libnet
 , libnetfilter_log
 , libnetfilter_queue
@@ -30,24 +34,30 @@
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "suricata";
-  version = "4.1.5";
+  version = "5.0.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/download/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0jy738rs3ds1gbn8hv26ck23z9k6pjrjxdpavkyn7znpbi9zdrff";
+    sha256 = "0qwav4qpvx3i5khkyvdvx42n8b9mza8c4cpxvrf7m4lnf51cqgba";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    clang
+    llvm
     makeWrapper
     pkgconfig
-  ];
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals rustSupport [ rustc cargo ]
+  ;
 
   buildInputs = [
-    geoip
     jansson
+    libbpf
     libcap_ng
+    libelf
     libevent
     libmagic
+    libmaxminddb
     libnet
     libnetfilter_log
     libnetfilter_queue
@@ -62,17 +72,29 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     python
     zlib
   ]
-  ++ lib.optional hyperscanSupport [ hyperscan ]
-  ++ lib.optional redisSupport [ redis hiredis ]
-  ++ lib.optional rustSupport [ rustc cargo ]
+  ++ lib.optional hyperscanSupport hyperscan
+  ++ lib.optionals redisSupport [ redis hiredis ]
   ;
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  patches = lib.optional stdenv.is64bit ./bpf_stubs_workaround.patch;
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace ./configure \
+      --replace "/usr/bin/file" "${file}/bin/file"
+    substituteInPlace ./libhtp/configure \
+      --replace "/usr/bin/file" "${file}/bin/file"
+
+    mkdir -p bpf_stubs_workaround/gnu
+    touch bpf_stubs_workaround/gnu/stubs-32.h
+  '';
+
   configureFlags = [
     "--disable-gccmarch-native"
-    "--enable-afl"
     "--enable-af-packet"
+    "--enable-ebpf"
+    "--enable-ebpf-build"
     "--enable-gccprotect"
     "--enable-geoip"
     "--enable-luajit"
@@ -97,6 +119,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--enable-rust-experimental"
   ];
 
+  postConfigure = ''
+    # Avoid unintended clousure growth.
+    sed -i 's|/nix/store/\(.\{8\}\)[^-]*-|/nix/store/\1...-|g' ./src/build-info.h
+  '';
+
+  hardeningDisable = [ "stackprotector" ];
+
   installFlags = [
     "e_localstatedir=\${TMPDIR}"
     "e_logdir=\${TMPDIR}"
@@ -115,6 +144,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/suricatasc" \
       --prefix PYTHONPATH : $PYTHONPATH:$(toPythonPath "$out")
+    substituteInPlace "$out/etc/suricata/suricata.yaml" \
+      --replace "/etc/suricata" "$out/etc/suricata"
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index db96c53dac1..bb4abbfc270 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6252,7 +6252,9 @@ in
 
   sshguard = callPackage ../tools/security/sshguard {};
 
-  suricata = callPackage ../applications/networking/ids/suricata { };
+  suricata = callPackage ../applications/networking/ids/suricata {
+    python = python3;
+  };
 
   softhsm = callPackage ../tools/security/softhsm {
     inherit (darwin) libobjc;