diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/default.nix
index d46b1fe7016..ba81b16bcf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "boehm-gc-6.8";
+  name = "boehm-gc-7.0";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source/gc6.8.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "418d38bd9c66398386a372ec0435250e";
+    url = http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source/gc-7.0.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0nqy0462ainp79fjmx5lgr89s2d433fggr3n9d1p09xq77lwc2nj";
+  };
+  meta = {
+    description = "A garbage collector for C and C++";
+    homepage = http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/;
   };
 }