diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
index 53e214e8f370..efe4fcb2d7c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
@@ -69,22 +69,8 @@ rec {
     inherit stdenv fetchurl unzip;
   };
 
-  tig = stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    name = "tig-0.16";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/releases/tig-0.16.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "167kak44n66wqjj6jrv8q4ijjac07cw22rlpqjqz3brlhx4cb3ix";
-    };
-    buildInputs = [ncurses asciidoc xmlto docbook_xsl];
-    installPhase = ''
-      make install
-      make install-doc
-    '';
-    meta = {
-      description = "console git repository browser that additionally can act as a pager for output from various git commands";
-      homepage = http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/;
-      license = "GPLv2";
-    };
+  tig = import ./tig {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl ncurses asciidoc xmlto docbook_xsl;
   };
 
   gitFastExport = import ./fast-export {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/tig/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/tig/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d567e20d7320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/tig/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, asciidoc, xmlto, docbook_xsl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "tig-1.0";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/releases/tig-1.0.tar.gz";
+    md5 = "a2d414d1cebbc9cd4f3d545bc6f225c6";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ncurses asciidoc xmlto docbook_xsl];
+  installPhase = ''
+    make install
+    make install-doc
+  '';
+  meta = {
+    description = "Tig is a git repository browser that additionally can act as a pager for output from various git commands";
+    homepage = "http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/";
+    license = "GPLv2";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8c38e72a7db2..7bc0730b1126 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6901,6 +6901,7 @@ let
   git = gitAndTools.git;
   gitFull = gitAndTools.gitFull;
   gitSVN = gitAndTools.gitSVN;
+  tig = gitAndTools.tig;
 
   giv = callPackage ../applications/graphics/giv {
     pcre = pcre.override { unicodeSupport = true; };