diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmime/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmime/default.nix
index 22facd2ccfc..078d7e500b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmime/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmime/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, zlib}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "gmime-2.2.1";
+  name = "gmime-2.4.15";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://spruce.sourceforge.net/gmime/sources/v2.2/gmime-2.2.1.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "b05e4d6344c8465fb74386e5f1fed45c";
+    url = http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/gmime/2.4/gmime-2.4.15.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "a0a6c9413b057ab5d8a2a2902cbaa5b3a17871af3f94dc8431978c9e0e5f53e1";
   };
   buildInputs = [pkgconfig glib zlib];
 }