diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/rrdtool/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/rrdtool/default.nix
index 58070c3b1b1c..e852374e2a88 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/rrdtool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/rrdtool/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,33 @@
-{ fetchurl, lib, stdenv, gettext, perl, pkg-config, libxml2, pango, cairo, groff
-, tcl, darwin }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, autoreconfHook
+, gettext
+, perl
+, pkg-config
+, libxml2
+, pango
+, cairo
+, groff
+, tcl
+, darwin
+}:
 
 perl.pkgs.toPerlModule (stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "rrdtool";
-  version = "1.7.2";
+  version = "1.8.0";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1nsqra0g2nja19akmf9x5y9hhgc35ml3w9dcdz2ayz7zgvmzm6d1";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "oetiker";
+    repo = "rrdtool-1.x";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-a+AxU1+YpkGoFs1Iu/CHAEZ4XIkWs7Vsnr6RcfXzsBE=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    autoreconfHook
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [ gettext perl libxml2 pango cairo groff ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ tcl darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.ApplicationServices ];