diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/gita/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/gita/default.nix
index 38ca3e13d6a8..d1a948f44e0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/gita/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/gita/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonApplication
-, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , pyyaml
 , setuptools
+, installShellFiles
 }:
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   version = "0.10.9";
   pname = "gita";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0fbzk9rj895s5fpbnsyy3gxwbf5spqycisx5cqwzxgm0n5qkz9dk";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    sha256 = "0wilyf4nnn2jyxrfqs8krya3zvhj6x36szsp9xhb6h08g1ihzp5i";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    repo = "gita";
+    owner = "nosarthur";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -19,6 +22,12 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     setuptools
   ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    installShellCompletion --bash --name gita ${src}/.gita-completion.bash
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A command-line tool to manage multiple git repos";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nosarthur/gita";