diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/builder.sh
index 8549da4267ac..aef3df8f5be3 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/builder.sh
@@ -2,15 +2,7 @@
 
 export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -I$ncurses/include/ncurses"
 
-preInstall=preInstall
-preInstall() {
-    ensureDir "$prefix/bin"
-    ensureDir "$prefix/sbin"
-    ensureDir "$prefix/lib"
-    ensureDir "$prefix/share/man/man1"
-    ensureDir "$prefix/share/man/man5"
-    ensureDir "$prefix/share/man/man8"
-}
+export DESTDIR=$out
 
 genericBuild
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/default.nix
index e0cd6fdb9ae5..7d4be912f3d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "procps-2.0.11";
+  name = "procps-3.2.4";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://surriel.com/procps/procps-2.0.11.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "8b9464631ebb02f1c2bcda16fb81d62f";
+    url = http://procps.sourceforge.net/procps-3.2.4.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "1bec6740b385b3f73800827437f14f85";
   };
   patches = [./makefile.patch];
   buildInputs = [ncurses];
   inherit ncurses;
-  # Needed for `sort -n +2' invocation in the Makefile.
-  _POSIX2_VERSION = "199209";
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/makefile.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/makefile.patch
index 1a41f4eed2a6..20ff71ecdc15 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/makefile.patch
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/makefile.patch
@@ -1,58 +1,71 @@
-diff -rc procps-orig/Makefile procps-2.0.11/Makefile
-*** procps-orig/Makefile	2002-12-04 21:49:07.000000000 +0100
---- procps-2.0.11/Makefile	2005-01-21 19:20:41.092274872 +0100
+diff -rc procps-orig/Makefile procps-3.2.4/Makefile
+*** procps-orig/Makefile	2004-10-10 23:31:12.000000000 +0200
+--- procps-3.2.4/Makefile	2005-01-21 19:33:49.700437229 +0100
 ***************
-*** 3,19 ****
+*** 24,47 ****
+  ############ vars
   
-  export PREFIX     =  #proc# prefix for program names
+  # so you can disable them or choose alternates
+! ldconfig := ldconfig
+  ln_f     := ln -f
+  ln_sf    := ln -sf
+! install  := install -D --owner 0 --group 0
   
-! export DESTDIR    =
-! export MANDIR     =  /usr/share/man
-  export MAN1DIR    =  $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1
-  export MAN5DIR    =  $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man5
-  export MAN8DIR    =  $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man8
-  export BINDIR     =  $(DESTDIR)/bin
-  export SBINDIR    =  $(DESTDIR)/sbin
-! export XBINDIR    =  $(DESTDIR)/usr/X11R6/bin
-! export USRBINDIR  =  $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin
-! export PROCDIR    =  $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin# /usr/proc/bin for Solaris devotees
-! export OWNERGROUP =  --owner 0 --group 0
-  export INSTALLBIN =  install --strip
-  export INSTALLLIB =  install
-  export INSTALLSCT =  install
---- 3,19 ----
+  # Lame x86-64 /lib64 and /usr/lib64 abomination:
+  lib64    := lib$(shell [ -d /lib64 ] && echo 64)
   
-  export PREFIX     =  #proc# prefix for program names
+! usr/bin                  := $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/
+  bin                      := $(DESTDIR)/bin/
+  sbin                     := $(DESTDIR)/sbin/
+! usr/proc/bin             := $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/
+! man1                     := $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man1/
+! man5                     := $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man5/
+! man8                     := $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man8/
+! lib                      := $(DESTDIR)/$(lib64)/
+! usr/lib                  := $(DESTDIR)/usr/$(lib64)/
+! usr/include              := $(DESTDIR)/usr/include/
+  
+  #SKIP     := $(bin)kill $(man1)kill.1
+  
+--- 24,47 ----
+  ############ vars
+  
+  # so you can disable them or choose alternates
+! ldconfig := true
+  ln_f     := ln -f
+  ln_sf    := ln -sf
+! install  := install -D
+  
+  # Lame x86-64 /lib64 and /usr/lib64 abomination:
+  lib64    := lib$(shell [ -d /lib64 ] && echo 64)
+  
+! usr/bin                  := $(DESTDIR)/bin/
+  bin                      := $(DESTDIR)/bin/
+  sbin                     := $(DESTDIR)/sbin/
+! usr/proc/bin             := $(DESTDIR)/bin/
+! man1                     := $(DESTDIR)/share/man/man1/
+! man5                     := $(DESTDIR)/share/man/man5/
+! man8                     := $(DESTDIR)/share/man/man8/
+! lib                      := $(DESTDIR)/lib/
+! usr/lib                  := $(DESTDIR)/lib/
+! usr/include              := $(DESTDIR)/include/
+  
+  #SKIP     := $(bin)kill $(man1)kill.1
   
-! export DESTDIR    =  $(out)
-! export MANDIR     =  /share/man
-  export MAN1DIR    =  $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1
-  export MAN5DIR    =  $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man5
-  export MAN8DIR    =  $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man8
-  export BINDIR     =  $(DESTDIR)/bin
-  export SBINDIR    =  $(DESTDIR)/sbin
-! export XBINDIR    =  $(DESTDIR)/bin
-! export USRBINDIR  =  $(DESTDIR)/bin
-! export PROCDIR    =  $(DESTDIR)/bin# /usr/proc/bin for Solaris devotees
-! export OWNERGROUP =  
-  export INSTALLBIN =  install --strip
-  export INSTALLLIB =  install
-  export INSTALLSCT =  install
 ***************
-*** 30,36 ****
+*** 71,77 ****
   
-  # easy to command-line override
-  export GCC_WARN   =  -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshadow
-! export INCDIRS    =  -I/usr/include/ncurses -I/usr/X11R6/include
-  export CC         =  gcc #-ggdb # this gets compiling and linking :-)
-  export OPT        =  -O3
-  export CFLAGS     =  -D_GNU_SOURCE $(OPT) $(GCC_WARN) -I$(shell pwd) $(INCDIRS)
---- 30,36 ----
+  # Preprocessor flags.
+  PKG_CPPFLAGS := -D_GNU_SOURCE -I proc
+! CPPFLAGS     := -I/usr/include/ncurses
+  ALL_CPPFLAGS := $(PKG_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
   
-  # easy to command-line override
-  export GCC_WARN   =  -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshadow
-! export INCDIRS    =  
-  export CC         =  gcc #-ggdb # this gets compiling and linking :-)
-  export OPT        =  -O3
-  export CFLAGS     =  -D_GNU_SOURCE $(OPT) $(GCC_WARN) -I$(shell pwd) $(INCDIRS)
-Only in procps-2.0.11/: Makefile.~1.71.~
+  # Left out -Wconversion due to noise in glibc headers.
+--- 71,77 ----
+  
+  # Preprocessor flags.
+  PKG_CPPFLAGS := -D_GNU_SOURCE -I proc
+! CPPFLAGS     := 
+  ALL_CPPFLAGS := $(PKG_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
+  
+  # Left out -Wconversion due to noise in glibc headers.