diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liblinear/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblinear/default.nix
index af09b1241de6..09f3aacca63e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/liblinear/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblinear/default.nix
@@ -1,35 +1,37 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fixDarwinDylibNames }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fixDarwinDylibNames }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+let
+  soVersion = "4";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "liblinear";
-  version = "2.30";
+  version = "2.40";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/liblinear/liblinear-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1b66jpg9fdwsq7r52fccr8z7nqcivrin5d8zg2f134ygqqwp0748";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "cjlin1";
+    repo = "liblinear";
+    rev = "v${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] [""] version}";
+    sha256 = "041fby9vc7nvj0gls5zd9mhw7yqazm530bmln38mfz7wd06z1d6b";
   };
 
-  buildPhase = ''
-    make
-    make lib
-  '';
+  outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "out" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ fixDarwinDylibNames ];
+
+  buildFlags = [ "lib" "predict" "train" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/lib $out/bin $out/include
     ${if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
-      cp liblinear.so.3 $out/lib/liblinear.3.dylib
-      ln -s $out/lib/liblinear.3.dylib $out/lib/liblinear.dylib
+      install -D liblinear.so.${soVersion} $out/lib/liblinear.${soVersion}.dylib
+      ln -s $out/lib/liblinear.${soVersion}.dylib $out/lib/liblinear.dylib
     '' else ''
-      cp liblinear.so.3 $out/lib/liblinear.so.3
-      ln -s $out/lib/liblinear.so.3 $out/lib/liblinear.so
+      install -Dt $out/lib liblinear.so.${soVersion}
+      ln -s $out/lib/liblinear.so.${soVersion} $out/lib/liblinear.so
     ''}
-    cp train $out/bin/liblinear-train
-    cp predict $out/bin/liblinear-predict
-    cp linear.h $out/include
+    install -D train $bin/bin/liblinear-train
+    install -D predict $bin/bin/liblinear-predict
+    install -Dm444 -t $dev/include linear.h
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin [ fixDarwinDylibNames ];
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A library for large linear classification";
     homepage = "https://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/liblinear/";