diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/boulder/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/boulder/default.nix
index 706ac84afb33..6de6ae6c0202 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/boulder/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/boulder/default.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,51 @@
-{ buildGoPackage
-, libtool
+{ lib
+, buildGoModule
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, lib
 }:
 
-buildGoPackage rec{
-
+buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "boulder";
-  version = "release-2019-10-13";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/letsencrypt/boulder";
-
-  buildInputs = [ libtool ];
+  version = "release-2022-05-31";
+  rev = "99dcb9a5b31be576a55e33184581c942421bc172";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "letsencrypt";
     repo = "boulder";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0kis23dnjja6jp192rjpv2m9m2zmzfwhs93440nxg354k6fp8jdg";
+    sha256 = "sha256-x1Vf8agwVTgSkDVEdAnG3div+MzRsMi96jKJRc2s8Ks=";
   };
 
-  meta = {
+  vendorSha256 = null;
+
+  subPackages = [ "cmd/boulder" ];
+
+  ldflags = with lib;
+    mapAttrsToList (n: v: ''"-X github.com/letsencrypt/boulder/core.Build${n}=${v}"'') {
+      ID = substring 0 8 rev;
+      Host = "nixbld@localhost";
+      Time = "Thu  1 Jan 00:00:00 UTC 1970";
+    };
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    for i in $($out/bin/boulder --list); do
+      ln -s $out/bin/boulder $out/bin/$i
+    done
+  '';
+
+  # There are no tests for cmd/boulder.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/letsencrypt/boulder";
-    description = "An ACME-based CA, written in Go";
-    license = [ lib.licenses.mpl20 ];
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    description = "An ACME-based certificate authority, written in Go";
+    longDescription = ''
+      This is an implementation of an ACME-based CA. The ACME protocol allows
+      the CA to automatically verify that an applicant for a certificate
+      actually controls an identifier, and allows domain holders to issue and
+      revoke certificates for their domains. Boulder is the software that runs
+      Let's Encrypt.
+    '';
+    license = licenses.mpl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ azahi ];
   };
-
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 57099552868d..051f10120f22 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2047,7 +2047,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   botamusique = callPackage ../tools/audio/botamusique { };
 
-  boulder = callPackage ../tools/admin/boulder { };
+  boulder = callPackage ../tools/admin/boulder {
+    buildGoModule = buildGo118Module;
+  };
 
   btrfs-heatmap = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/btrfs-heatmap { };