diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/devd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/devd/default.nix
index 0789850a4945..05ed14dfcd6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/devd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/devd/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,30 @@
-{ buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub, lib }:
+{ buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, lib }:
 
-buildGoPackage rec {
+buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "devd";
-  version = "0.9";
+  version = "unstable-2020-04-27";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "cortesi";
     repo = "devd";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1b02fj821k68q7xl48wc194iinqw9jiavzfl136hlzvg4m07p1wf";
+    rev = "c1a3bfba27d8e028de90fb24452374412a4cffb3";
+    hash = "sha256-k0zj7fiYbaHnNUUI7ruD0vXiT4c1bxPuR4I0dRouCbU=";
   };
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/cortesi/devd";
+
+  vendorHash = "sha256-o7MbN/6n7fkp/yqYyQbfWBUqI09/JYh5jtV31gjNf6w=";
+
+  patches = [
+    # Update x/sys to support go 1.17.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/cortesi/devd/commit/5f4720bf41399736b4e7e1a493da6c87a583d0b2.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-WDN08XNsDPuZwBCE8iDXgGAWFwx2UTwqRkhzKMtPKR8=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   subPackages = [ "cmd/devd" ];
+
+  ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A local webserver for developers";
     homepage = "https://github.com/cortesi/devd";