diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/ast/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/ast/default.nix
index c1c3594f44f8..8f94bf925e5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/ast/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/ast/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
-{ buildPecl, lib }:
+{ buildPecl, lib, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-buildPecl {
+let
+  version = "1.1.0";
+in buildPecl {
+  inherit version;
   pname = "ast";
 
-  version = "1.1.0";
-  sha256 = "sha256-7j1PZ+JNguTTQIBqJAUgEuSVTSIxIpSTd2ZUJ0Q+bRM=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nikic";
+    repo = "php-ast";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-e9J6O4A+8xRBlR9m4OK1kTVpzgzsviD0Eqi0iY4AgkY=";
+  };
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/nikic/php-ast/releases/tag/v${version}";
     description = "Exposes the abstract syntax tree generated by PHP";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     homepage = "https://pecl.php.net/package/ast";