diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/checkbashisms/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/checkbashisms/default.nix
index 524abbfdc90..6222bb312bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/checkbashisms/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/checkbashisms/default.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,39 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, perl }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, perl, installShellFiles }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2.0.0.2";
+  version = "2.21.1";
   pname = "checkbashisms";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/checkbaskisms/${version}/checkbashisms";
-    sha256 = "1vm0yykkg58ja9ianfpm3mgrpah109gj33b41kl0jmmm11zip9jd";
+    url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_${version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-1ZbIiUrFd38uMVLy7YayLLm5RrmcovsA++JTb8PbTFI=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
   buildInputs = [ perl ];
 
-  # The link returns directly the script. No need for unpacking
-  dontUnpack = true;
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
 
+    substituteInPlace ./scripts/checkbashisms.pl \
+      --replace '###VERSION###' "$version"
+
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
   installPhase = ''
-    install -D -m755 $src $out/bin/checkbashisms
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    installManPage scripts/$pname.1
+    installShellCompletion --bash --name $pname scripts/$pname.bash_completion
+    install -D -m755 scripts/$pname.pl $out/bin/$pname
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/checkbaskisms/";
     description = "Check shell scripts for non-portable syntax";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ kaction ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 }