diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zeitgeist/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zeitgeist/default.nix
index e759e65dfc6b..ed84dec365e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/zeitgeist/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zeitgeist/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, sqlite, gnome3, vala_0_23
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, pkgconfig, glib, sqlite, gnome3, vala_0_38
 , intltool, libtool, dbus_libs, telepathy_glib
 , gtk3, json_glib, librdf_raptor2, dbus_glib
 , pythonSupport ? true, python2Packages
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.9.15";
+  version = "1.0";
   name = "zeitgeist-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/seiflotfy/zeitgeist/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "07pnc7kmjpd0ncm32z6s3ny5p4zl52v9lld0n0f8sp6cw87k12p0";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/zeitgeist/zeitgeist";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0vw6m0azycqabbz8f0fd8xsh5kf6j3ig4wpqlhw6sklvf44ii5b8";
   };
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${glib.dev}/include/gio-unix-2.0";
@@ -19,9 +20,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = [ "--with-session-bus-services-dir=$(out)/share/dbus-1/services" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ glib sqlite gnome3.gnome_common intltool
-                  libtool dbus_libs telepathy_glib vala_0_23 dbus_glib
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig gnome3.gnome_common intltool libtool vala_0_38 ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib sqlite dbus_libs telepathy_glib dbus_glib
                   gtk3 json_glib librdf_raptor2 python2Packages.rdflib ];
 
   prePatch = "patchShebangs .";