diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/minicom/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/minicom/default.nix
index 326a3b053ed1..3c2ed1352257 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/minicom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/minicom/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig
-, ncurses, libiconv }:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, autoreconfHook, makeWrapper, pkgconfig
+, lrzsz, ncurses, libiconv }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "minicom-2.7.1";
+  name = "minicom-${version}";
+  version = "2.7.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url    = "https://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/latestfile/3/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1wa1l36fa4npd21xa9nz60yrqwkk5cq713fa3p5v0zk7g9mq6bsk";
+  # The repository isn't tagged properly, so we need to use commit refs
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url    = "https://salsa.debian.org/minicom-team/minicom.git";
+    rev    = "6ea8033b6864aa35d14fb8b87e104e4f783635ce";
+    sha256 = "0j95727xni4r122dalp09963gvc1nqa18l1d4wzz8746kw5s2rrb";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ ncurses ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin libiconv;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook makeWrapper pkgconfig ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
@@ -26,18 +29,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # Have `configure' assume that the lock directory exists.
     substituteInPlace configure \
       --replace 'test -d $UUCPLOCK' true
+  '';
 
-    substituteInPlace src/rwconf.c \
-      --replace /usr/bin/ascii-xfr $out/bin/ascii-xfr
+  postInstall = ''
+    for f in $out/bin/*minicom ; do
+      wrapProgram $f \
+        --prefix PATH : ${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ lrzsz ]}:$out/bin
+    done
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Modem control and terminal emulation program";
-    homepage = https://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/;
+    homepage = https://salsa.debian.org/minicom-team/minicom;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     longDescription = ''
-      Minicom is a menu driven communications program.  It emulates ANSI
-      and VT102 terminals.  It has a dialing directory and auto zmodem
+      Minicom is a menu driven communications program. It emulates ANSI
+      and VT102 terminals. It has a dialing directory and auto zmodem
       download.
     '';
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];