diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ntfs-3g/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ntfs-3g/default.nix
index a39ba002d235..df75cbf59667 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ntfs-3g/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ntfs-3g/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ntfs-3g";
-  version = "2010.10.2";
+  version = "2011.4.12";
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = "--disable-ldconfig --exec-prefix=\${prefix} --enable-mount-helper";
 
+  postInstall =
+    ''
+      # Prefer ntfs-3g over the ntfs driver in the kernel.
+      ln -s mount.ntfs-3g $out/sbin/mount.ntfs
+    '';
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.tuxera.com/community/;
     description = "FUSE-base NTFS driver with full write support";