diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bc/bcftools/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bc/bcftools/package.nix
index 95ad717271fa..29d200a18e2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bc/bcftools/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bc/bcftools/package.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  autoreconfHook,
   htslib,
   zlib,
   bzip2,
@@ -12,16 +13,19 @@
   bash,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "bcftools";
   version = "1.22";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/samtools/bcftools/releases/download/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "sha256-8queL2BbEgOn6cv7Cj63aJMiKX+MNLRdxSN/5X2YSJ8=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "samtools";
+    repo = "bcftools";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-S+FuqjiOf38sAQKWYOixv/MlXGnuDmkx9z4Co/pk/eM=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
     perl
     python3
   ];
@@ -34,6 +38,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     curl
   ];
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    htslib
+  ];
+
   strictDeps = true;
 
   makeFlags = [
@@ -59,4 +67,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.mimame ];
   };
-}
+})