diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/eid-mw/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/eid-mw/default.nix
index 4bd0587135cf..88f6e359d2b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/eid-mw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/eid-mw/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, gtk2, nssTools, pcsclite, pkgconfig }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, gtk2, nssTools, pcsclite
+, pkgconfig }:
 
+let version = "4.1.2"; in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${package}-${build}";
-  package = "eid-mw-4.0.6-1620";
-  build = "tcm406-258906";
+  name = "eid-mw-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://eid.belgium.be/en/binaries/${package}.tar_${build}.gz";
-    sha256 = "1ecb30f9f318bdb61a8d774fe76b948eb5841d4de6fee106029ed78daa7efbf2";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    sha256 = "034ar1v2qamdyq71nklh1nvqbmw6ryz63jdwnnc873f639mf5w94";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    repo = "eid-mw";
+    owner = "Fedict";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ gtk2 pcsclite pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook gtk2 pcsclite pkgconfig ];
 
-  unpackPhase = "tar -xzf ${src} --strip-components=1";
+  doCheck = true;
 
   postInstall = ''
     install -D ${./eid-nssdb.in} $out/bin/eid-nssdb
@@ -20,8 +22,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace "modutil" "${nssTools}/bin/modutil"
   '';
 
-  doCheck = true;
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Belgian electronic identity card (eID) middleware";
     homepage = http://eid.belgium.be/en/using_your_eid/installing_the_eid_software/linux/;