diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysdig/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysdig/default.nix
index 62e2a48adc96..c9a594e684cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysdig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysdig/default.nix
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ let
   inherit (stdenv.lib) optional optionalString;
   s = rec {
     baseName="sysdig";
-    version = "0.6.0";
+    version = "0.8.0";
     name="${baseName}-${version}";
     url="https://github.com/draios/sysdig/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0729mjs9gpd7kb495q80zlp23zczm8ka3xcq4571c0sm732sa3g3";
+    sha256 = "1939k3clwxg09m1bn0szqiy2nxg66srl72n7476jc58hgaraq3dr";
   };
   buildInputs = [
     cmake zlib luajit ncurses perl jsoncpp libb64 openssl curl
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     kernel_dev=${kernel.dev}
     kernel_dev=''${kernel_dev#/nix/store/}
     kernel_dev=''${kernel_dev%%-linux*dev*}
-    sed -i "s#$kernel_dev#................................#g" $out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/extra/sysdig-probe.ko
+    if test -f "$out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/extra/sysdig-probe.ko"; then
+        sed -i "s#$kernel_dev#................................#g" $out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/extra/sysdig-probe.ko
+    else
+        xz -d $out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/extra/sysdig-probe.ko.xz
+        sed -i "s#$kernel_dev#................................#g" $out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/extra/sysdig-probe.ko
+        xz $out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/extra/sysdig-probe.ko
+    fi
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {