diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gf/gftp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gf/gftp/package.nix
index d90a8b663bbf..e52d6236085c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gf/gftp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gf/gftp/package.nix
@@ -12,23 +12,21 @@
   openssl,
   pkg-config,
   readline,
+  nix-update-script,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "gftp";
   version = "2.9.1b";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "masneyb";
     repo = "gftp";
-    rev = version;
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
     hash = "sha256-0zdv2oYl24BXh61IGCWby/2CCkzNjLpDrAFc0J89Pw4=";
   };
 
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [
-    "-Wno-incompatible-pointer-types" # https://github.com/masneyb/gftp/issues/178
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoconf
     automake
@@ -45,18 +43,28 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     readline
   ];
 
+  # https://github.com/masneyb/gftp/issues/178
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace lib/gftp.h \
+      --replace-fail "size_t remote_addr_len" "socklen_t remote_addr_len"
+  '';
+
   preConfigure = ''
     ./autogen.sh
   '';
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/masneyb/gftp";
     description = "GTK-based multithreaded FTP client for *nix-based machines";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.haylin ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
-}
-# TODO: report the hardeningDisable to upstream
+})