diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/u3/u3-tool/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/u3/u3-tool/package.nix
index a9b2a7abf9b5..dc59600c2601 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/u3/u3-tool/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/u3/u3-tool/package.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,36 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  pkg-config,
+}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "u3-tool";
-  version = "0.3";
+  version = "1.0";
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1p9c9kibd1pdbdfa0nd0i3n7bvzi3xg0chm38jg3xfl8gsn0390f";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    # original sourceforge mirror does not provide direct access to tag 1.0
+    owner = "marcusrugger";
+    repo = "u3-tool";
+    rev = "${finalAttrs.pname}-${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-c3cfWUUT5lwy8OedAtwvhuNEa5hgfwrKGJPY/zAlALw=";
   };
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    autoreconfHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
     description = "Tool for controlling the special features of a 'U3 smart drive' USB Flash disk";
     homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/u3-tool/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = with platforms; linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ makefu ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ makefu ];
     mainProgram = "u3-tool";
   };
-}
+})