diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/nettee/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/nettee/default.nix
index 070c06d9c238..949cf1bde017 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/nettee/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/nettee/default.nix
@@ -2,81 +2,35 @@
   stdenv,
   lib,
   fetchurl,
-  cleanPackaging,
+  cmake,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
-let
-  version = "0.3.5";
-  hash = "sha256-WeZ18CLexdWy8RlHNh0Oo/6KXxzShZT8/xklAWyB8ss=";
-
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "nettee";
-  inherit version;
+  version = "0.3.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/nettee/nettee-${version}.tar.gz";
-    inherit hash;
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/nettee/nettee-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-WeZ18CLexdWy8RlHNh0Oo/6KXxzShZT8/xklAWyB8ss=";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./fix-cmake-output.patch ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "-version";
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
-    homepage = "http://saf.bio.caltech.edu/nettee.html";
+    homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/nettee";
     description = ''Network "tee" program'';
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ Profpatsch ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     mainProgram = "nettee";
   };
-
-  outputs = [
-    "bin"
-    "man"
-    "doc"
-    "out"
-  ];
-
-  patchPhase = ''
-    # h_addr field was removed
-    sed -e '1 i #define h_addr h_addr_list[0]' \
-        -i nettee.c
-  '';
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    cat README.TXT
-    mkdir -p $bin/bin
-    $CC -o $bin/bin/nettee \
-      -Wall -pedantic -std=c99\
-      -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE\
-      nettee.c rb.c nio.c
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    ${
-      cleanPackaging.commonFileActions {
-        docFiles = [
-          "*.html"
-          "*.TXT"
-          "LICENSE"
-          "*.sh"
-          "topology.txt"
-          "beowulf.master"
-          "topology_info"
-        ];
-        noiseFiles = [
-          "*.c"
-          "*.h"
-          "nettee"
-        ];
-      }
-    } $doc/share/doc/nettee
-
-    mkdir -p $man/share/man/{man1,man3}
-    mv nettee.1 $man/share/man/man1
-    mv nettee_cmd.3 $man/share/man/man3
-  '';
-
-  postFixup = ''
-    ${cleanPackaging.checkForRemainingFiles}
-  '';
-
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/nettee/fix-cmake-output.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/nettee/fix-cmake-output.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..205cfa36bc62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/nettee/fix-cmake-output.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Index: a/CMakeLists.txt
+===================================================================
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -6,17 +6,18 @@
+ SET(FS11 -D_POSIX_SOURCE)
+ endif (UNIX)
+ 
+ #modify next line if a different installation target is required
+-SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "/usr/local")
+-SET(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin)
++#SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "/usr/local")
++#SET(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin)
+ add_executable(nettee               nettee.c rb.c nio.c)
+ ###add_executable(stub_child_process   stub_child_process.c rb.c nio.c)
+ ###add_executable(stub_parent_process  stub_parent_process.c rb.c nio.c)
+ #
+ target_compile_options(nettee                PRIVATE ${FS9} ${FS10} ${FS11})
+ ###target_compile_options(stub_child_process    PRIVATE ${FS9}  ${FS11})
+ ###target_compile_options(stub_parent_process   PRIVATE ${FS9}  ${FS11})
++install(TARGETS nettee DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin")
+ #
+ #####################################################
+ #
+ #install man pages