diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/wavemon/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/wavemon/default.nix
index ece252a9b6c7..0457c1ce6233 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/wavemon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/wavemon/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
-{stdenv, fetchgit, ncurses, libnl, pkgconfig}:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses, libnl, pkgconfig }:
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.7.6.20151001";
-  baseName="wavemon";
-  name="${baseName}-${version}";
-  buildInputs = [ncurses libnl pkgconfig];
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = https://github.com/uoaerg/wavemon.git ;
-    rev = "05753aed2ec5a786d602c7903c89fc6a230f8d42";
-    sha256 = "13y4bi4qz4596f11ng6zaqir5j234wv64z4670q3pzh3fqmzmpm4";
+  version = "0.8.1";
+  baseName = "wavemon";
+  name = "${baseName}-${version}";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses libnl ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "uoaerg";
+    repo = "wavemon";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0mx61rzl8a66pmigv2fh75zgdalxx75a5s1b7ydbviz18ihhjyls";
   };
-  meta = {
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     inherit version;
-    description = "WiFi state monitor";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus ;
-    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
+    description = "Ncurses-based monitoring application for wireless network devices";
+    homepage = https://github.com/uoaerg/wavemon;
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin fpletz ];
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    downloadPage = https://github.com/uoaerg/wavemon.git ;
   };
 }