diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/re2c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/re2c/default.nix
index d4b3e56ebe3..a70afe51179 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/re2c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/re2c/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "re2c-${version}";
-  version = "0.14.3";
+  version = "0.16";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url    = "mirror://sourceforge/re2c/re2c/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "113yj5h38isfsjigqvb2j3ammfmxckgwyxmm0h4fyflzb7ghcs0w";
+  sourceRoot = "${name}-src/re2c";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "skvadrik";
+    repo = "re2c";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0cijgmbyx34nwl2jmsswggkgvzy364871rkbxz8biq9x8xrhhjw5";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Tool for writing very fast and very flexible scanners";
     homepage    = "http://re2c.org";