diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap3/default.nix
index 22d725fac617..73957df1d9d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap3/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, gssapi, pyasn1 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, fetchFromGitHub, buildPythonPackage, gssapi, pyasn1 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "2.5.2";
   pname = "ldap3";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "063dacy01mphc3n7z2qc2avykjavqm1gllkbvy7xzw5ihlqwhrrz";
+## This should work, but 2.5.2 has a weird tarball with empty source files
+## where upstream repository has non-empty ones
+# src = fetchPypi {
+#   inherit pname version;
+#   sha256 = "063dacy01mphc3n7z2qc2avykjavqm1gllkbvy7xzw5ihlqwhrrz";
+# };
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "cannatag";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0p5l4bhy6j2nvvlxz5zvznbaqb72x791v9la2jr2wpwr60mzz9hw";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ gssapi ];