diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
index 7b329750ea5e..69888e22a019 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 let
-  n = "qemu-2.2.0";
+  n = "qemu-2.2.1";
   audio = optionalString (hasSuffix "linux" stdenv.system) "alsa,"
     + optionalString pulseSupport "pa,"
     + optionalString sdlSupport "sdl,";
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://wiki.qemu.org/download/${n}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1703c3scl5n07gmpilg7g2xzyxnr7jczxgx6nn4m8kv9gin9p35n";
+    sha256 = "181m2ddsg3adw8y5dmimsi8x678imn9f6i5p20zbhi7pdr61a5s6";
   };
 
   buildInputs =