diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/augeas/bootstrap.diff b/pkgs/tools/system/augeas/bootstrap.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3740134c5478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/augeas/bootstrap.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
+index a84eb39..cac656d 100755
+--- a/bootstrap
++++ b/bootstrap
+@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ case ${GNULIB_SRCDIR--} in
+     echo "$0: getting gnulib files..."
+     git submodule update || exit $?
+     GNULIB_SRCDIR=.gnulib
+-  else
+-    echo >&2 "$0: invalid gnulib srcdir: $GNULIB_SRCDIR"
+-    exit 1
+   fi
+   ;;
+ esac
+
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/augeas/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/augeas/default.nix
index bea2edd553d4..e30de64f5ad1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/augeas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/augeas/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,65 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, readline, libxml2 }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, autoreconfHook
+, bison
+, flex
+, perl # for pod2man
+, pkg-config
+, readline
+, libxml2
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "augeas";
-  version = "1.12.0";
+  version = "1.14.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.augeas.net/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "11ybhb13wkkilsn7b416a1dn61m1xrq0lbdpkhp5w61jrk4l469j";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "hercules-team";
+    repo = "augeas";
+    rev = "release-${version}";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+    hash = "sha256-U5tm3LDUeI/idHtL2Zy33BigkyvHunXPjToDC59G9VE=";
   };
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+
+  patches = [
+    # already have the submodules so don't fail when .git doesn't exist.
+    ./bootstrap.diff
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    ./bootstrap --gnulib-srcdir=.gnulib
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    bison
+    flex
+    perl
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [ readline libxml2 ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+    patchShebangs --build gnulib/tests tests
+    make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES check
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Configuration editing tool";
     license = licenses.lgpl21Only;
     homepage = "https://augeas.net/";
-    changelog = "https://augeas.net/news.html";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/releases/tag/release-${version}";
+    mainProgram = "augtool";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };