diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gle/default.nix
index f9ef65197bd5..b1b064fdb17c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gle/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,48 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, libglut, libX11, libXt, libXmu, libXi, libXext, libGL, libGLU}:
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  libglut,
+  libX11,
+  libXt,
+  libXmu,
+  libXi,
+  libXext,
+  libGL,
+  libGLU,
+}:
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gle";
-  version = "3.1.0";
-  buildInputs = [libGLU libGL libglut libX11 libXt libXmu libXi libXext];
-  src = fetchurl {
-    urls = [
-      "mirror://sourceforge/project/gle/gle/gle-${version}/gle-${version}.tar.gz"
-      "https://www.linas.org/gle/pub/gle-${version}.tar.gz"
-      ];
-    sha256 = "09zs1di4dsssl9k322nzildvf41jwipbzhik9p43yb1bcfsp92nw";
+  version = "3.1.2";
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libGLU
+    libGL
+    libglut
+    libX11
+    libXt
+    libXmu
+    libXi
+    libXext
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+  ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "linas";
+    repo = "glextrusion";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${pname}-${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-yvCu0EOwxOMN6upeHX+C2sIz1YVjjB/320g+Mf24S6g=";
   };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Tubing and extrusion library";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2 ;
-    maintainers = [lib.maintainers.raskin];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.raskin ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }