diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_jk/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_jk/default.nix
index 22a50ea8feb6..fd66cd09fb51 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_jk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/apache-modules/mod_jk/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, apacheHttpd, jdk }:
+{ lib, stdenv, autoreconfHook, fetchFromGitHub, apacheHttpd, jdk }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mod_jk";
-  version = "1.2.49";
+  version = "1.2.50";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://apache/tomcat/tomcat-connectors/jk/tomcat-connectors-${version}-src.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-Q8sCg8koeOnU7xEGMdvSvra1VxPBJ84EMZCyswh1fpw=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "apache";
+    repo = "tomcat-connectors";
+    rev = "refs/tags/JK_${lib.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "_" ] version}";
+    hash = "sha256-hlwlx7Sb4oeZIzHQYOC3e9xEZK9u6ZG8Q2U/XdKMe3U=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ apacheHttpd jdk ];
+
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-apxs=${apacheHttpd.dev}/bin/apxs"
     "--with-java-home=${jdk}"
@@ -19,18 +25,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir -p $out/modules
     cp apache-2.0/mod_jk.so $out/modules
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ apacheHttpd jdk ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Provides web server plugins to connect web servers with Tomcat";
     homepage = "https://tomcat.apache.org/download-connectors.cgi";
     changelog = "https://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/miscellaneous/changelog.html";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ anthonyroussel ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ anthonyroussel ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 }