diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/gotags/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/gotags/default.nix
index c4c0b7cbb06f..9fa71187aa31 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/gotags/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/gotags/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch }:
 
-buildGoPackage rec {
+buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "gotags";
   version = "1.4.1";
 
@@ -8,10 +8,20 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     owner = "jstemmer";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "4c0c4330071a994fbdfdff68f412d768fbcca313";
-    sha256 = "sha256-cHTgt+zW6S6NDWBE6NxSXNPdn84CLD8WmqBe+uXN8sA=";
+    hash = "sha256-cHTgt+zW6S6NDWBE6NxSXNPdn84CLD8WmqBe+uXN8sA=";
   };
 
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/jstemmer/gotags";
+  vendorHash = null;
+
+  patches = [
+    # Add Go Modules support
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/jstemmer/gotags/commit/9146999bce9a88e15b5f123d1aa1613926dd9a9c.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-6v/Ws15y50S6iCI1c0kEw5WHSg+1WqVT4mwdQKoi5G8=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "ctags-compatible tag generator for Go";