diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwacom/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwacom/default.nix
index fbecc39abf6..6cfc5060b61 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwacom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwacom/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, glib, pkgconfig, udev, libgudev }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, glib, pkgconfig, udev, libgudev }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libwacom-${version}";
   version = "0.31";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/linuxwacom/libwacom/releases/download/${name}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "00xzkxhm0s9bvhbf27hscjbh17wa8lcgvxjqbmzm527f9cjqrm8q";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "linuxwacom";
+    repo = "libwacom";
+    rev = "libwacom-${version}";
+    sha256 = "0qjd4bn2abwzic34cm0sw3srx02spszbsvfdbzbpn2cb62b5gjmw";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoreconfHook ];
   buildInputs = [ glib udev libgudev ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {