diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/default.nix
index 998670712d65..dd3d585c0dd6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,26 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, gettext}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gettext }:
    
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "sysstat-8.0.4.1";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "sysstat-9.0.6.1";
    
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://perso.orange.fr/sebastien.godard/sysstat-8.0.4.1.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "17bzyz6bp63br4pns40ypc0qac0299lh90p7fhis5sn31sx811rf";
+    url = "http://perso.orange.fr/sebastien.godard/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "061r616cc0wfjkrk5ywqcwh5gwvm3gw92phfkj9bhlzxhi9srkr7";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [gettext];
+  buildInputs = [ gettext ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
     export PATH_CP=$(type -tp cp)
     export PATH_CHKCONFIG=/no-such-program
     makeFlagsArray=(SA_DIR=$out/var/log/sa SYSCONFIG_DIR=$out/etc CHOWN=true IGNORE_MAN_GROUP=y)
   '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/;
+    description = "A collection of performance monitoring tools for Linux (such as sar, iostat and pidstat)";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
+  };
 }