diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bi/bird3/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bi/bird3/package.nix
index 1c839dadb796..9a397106203d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bi/bird3/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bi/bird3/package.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  autoreconfHook,
   flex,
   bison,
   readline,
@@ -11,14 +12,18 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bird";
-  version = "3.1.1";
+  version = "3.1.2";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://bird.nic.cz/download/bird-${version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-KXJRl0/4g+TvA/zNbJEtEW7Un/Lxxjtm0dul8HCUREo=";
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.nic.cz";
+    owner = "labs";
+    repo = "bird";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-3Ms9yozF/Ox/kSP9rzKvkrA0VBPQb1VjtbEInl8/KZM=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
     flex
     bison
   ];