diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/ebook2cw/Makefile.patch b/pkgs/applications/radio/ebook2cw/Makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be6c32e41470
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/ebook2cw/Makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 005d60d..f69c7fe 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ install:
+ 	install -d -v                      $(DESTDIR)/bin/
+ 	install -d -v                      $(DESTDIR)/share/doc/ebook2cw/
+ 	install -d -v                      $(DESTDIR)/share/doc/ebook2cw/examples/
++	install -d -v                      $(DESTDIR)/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/
+ 	install -s -m 0755 ebook2cw        $(DESTDIR)/bin/
+ 	install    -m 0644 ebook2cw.1      $(DESTDIR)/share/man/man1/
+ 	install    -m 0644 README          $(DESTDIR)/share/doc/ebook2cw/
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/ebook2cw/configfile.patch b/pkgs/applications/radio/ebook2cw/configfile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c7aafe5227a5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/ebook2cw/configfile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/ebook2cw.c	2017-11-08 19:52:58.298131348 -0700
-+++ b/ebook2cw.c	2017-11-08 19:53:02.588231067 -0700
-@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
- 	char isomap[256][4]; 		/* by these strings */
- 	char utf8map[256][8];
- 
--	char configfile[1025];
-+	char configfile[2048];
- 
- 	char id3_author[80],
- 		id3_title[80],
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/ebook2cw/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/ebook2cw/default.nix
index d273594f4c90..5bd9e47ab716 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/ebook2cw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/ebook2cw/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchsvn, lame, libvorbis }:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, lame, libvorbis, gettext }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ebook2cw";
-  version = "0.8.2";
+  version = "0.8.3";
 
-  src = fetchsvn {
-    url = "svn://svn.fkurz.net/ebook2cw/tags/${pname}-${version}";
-    sha256 = "1mvp3nz3k76v757792n9b7fcm5jm3jcwarl1k7cila9fi0c2rsiw";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git.fkurz.net/dj1yfk/ebook2cw.git";
+    rev = "${pname}-${version}";
+    sha256 = "0jqmnjblv3wzr0ppqzndzd8wg02nlkvzg1fqw14vyyp76sdjsh46";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ lame libvorbis ];
+  buildInputs = [ lame libvorbis gettext ];
 
-  patches = [ ./configfile.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./Makefile.patch ];
 
   makeFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];