diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/s3fs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/s3fs/default.nix
index 7e880ffeeb94..4c40d5e49835 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/s3fs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/s3fs/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, automake, pkgconfig, curl, openssl, libxml2, fuse}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "s3fs-fuse-1.78";
+  name = "s3fs-fuse-1.79";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/archive/v1.78.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "1xcp0bqa4a2ynjn5phb1pj70wm322czhqp4qcb27d5jd545b1h1n";
+    url = https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/archive/v1.79.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0rmzkngzq040g020pv75qqx3jy34vdxzqvxz29k6q8yfb3wpkhb1";
   };
   preConfigure = "./autogen.sh";
   buildInputs = [ autoconf automake pkgconfig curl openssl libxml2 fuse ];
-  
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    ln -s $out/bin/s3fs $out/bin/mount.s3fs
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Mount an S3 bucket as filesystem through FUSE";
     license = licenses.gpl2;