diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sniffers/kismet/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sniffers/kismet/default.nix
index 9e41e8b7aaf..1bff834791d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/sniffers/kismet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sniffers/kismet/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, libpcap, ncurses, expat, pcre}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libpcap, ncurses, expat, pcre, libnl }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "kismet-2011-03-r2";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "kismet-${version}";
+  version = "2013-03-R1b";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.kismetwireless.net/code/kismet-2011-03-R2.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "0r1admlaiq7k0v13d9ci9i9mf5m25i1r5r18bkawsla9fbxrk83i";
+    url = "http://www.kismetwireless.net/code/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0b3wabdkh0p3msphihm4kz5yw02p27ska5lfippfcyn6z1z4svb3";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [libpcap ncurses expat pcre];
-  postConfigure =
-    "sed -e 's@-o \$(INSTUSR)@@' \\
-        -e 's@-g \$(INSTGRP)@@' \\
-        -e 's@-g \$(MANGRP)@@' \\
-        -i Makefile";
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libpcap ncurses expat pcre libnl ];
+  postConfigure = ''
+    sed -e 's/-o $(INSTUSR)//' \
+        -e 's/-g $(INSTGRP)//' \
+        -e 's/-g $(MANGRP)//' \
+        -e 's/-g $(SUIDGROUP)//' \
+        -i Makefile
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "Wireless network sniffer";