diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/default.nix
index cc1145a1bd1c..be734d79af2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, gettext}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "e2fsprogs-1.38";
+  name = "e2fsprogs-1.39";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
-    #url = http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/e2fsprogs-1.36.tar.gz;
-    url = http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/e2fsprogs-1.38.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "d774d4412bfb80d12cf3a4fdfd59de5a";
+    url =  http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-1.39.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "06f7806782e357797fad1d34b7ced0c6";
   };
   configureFlags = "--enable-dynamic-e2fsck --enable-elf-shlibs";
   buildInputs = [gettext];
+  patches = [./e2fsprogs-1.39_etc.patch];
 }
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-1.39_etc.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-1.39_etc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0fc5a90eed35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-1.39_etc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff -ruN e2fsprogs-1.39/misc/Makefile.in e2fsprogs-1.39.new/misc/Makefile.in
+--- e2fsprogs-1.39/misc/Makefile.in	2006-03-27 07:58:10.000000000 +0200
++++ e2fsprogs-1.39.new/misc/Makefile.in	2006-06-24 17:53:48.000000000 +0200
+@@ -223,12 +223,12 @@
+ 	@$(SUBSTITUTE_UPTIME) $(srcdir)/filefrag.8.in filefrag.8
+ 
+ installdirs:
+-	@echo "	MKINSTALLDIRS $(sbindir) $(root_sbindir) $(bindir) $(man1dir) $(man8dir) $(libdir)"
++	@echo "	MKINSTALLDIRS $(sbindir) $(root_sbindir) $(bindir) $(man1dir) $(man8dir) $(libdir) $(root_sysconfdir)"
+ 	@$(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir) \
+ 		$(DESTDIR)$(root_sbindir) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) \
+ 		$(DESTDIR)$(man1dir) $(DESTDIR)$(man8dir) \
+ 		$(DESTDIR)$(man1dir) $(DESTDIR)$(man5dir) \
+-		$(DESTDIR)$(libdir) $(DESTDIR)/etc
++		$(DESTDIR)$(libdir) $(DESTDIR)$(root_sysconfdir)/etc
+ 
+ install: all $(SMANPAGES) $(UMANPAGES) installdirs
+ 	@for i in $(SPROGS); do \
+@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
+ 	@if ! test -f $(DESTDIR)/etc/mke2fs.conf; then \
+ 		echo "	INSTALL_DATA /etc/mke2fs.conf"; \
+ 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/mke2fs.conf \
+-			$(DESTDIR)/etc/mke2fs.conf; \
++			$(DESTDIR)$(root_sysconfdir)/mke2fs.conf; \
+ 	fi
+ 
+ install-strip: install