diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/usb-modeswitch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/usb-modeswitch/default.nix
index 893df94d2379..8a1ce7c08868 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/usb-modeswitch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/usb-modeswitch/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,32 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libusb1 }:
 
-let
-   version = "2.3.0";
-in
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "usb-modeswitch-${version}";
+  version = "2.5.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1jqih1g0y78w03rchpw7fjvzwjfakak61qjp7hbr1m5nnsh2dn9p";
+    url    = "http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0cvnd16n2sp3w46fy507nl29q39jxxdk5qqbvk1rxaa91llbxh1i";
   };
 
+  makeFlags = [
+    "DESTDIR=$(out)"
+    "PREFIX=$(out)"
+  ];
+
   # make clean: we always build from source. It should be necessary on x86_64 only
   preConfigure = ''
     find -type f | xargs sed 's@/bin/rm@rm@g' -i
     make clean
-    mkdir -p $out/{etc,lib/udev,share/man/man1}
-    makeFlags="DESTDIR=$out PREFIX=$out"
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libusb1 ];
+  buildInputs = [ libusb1 ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A mode switching tool for controlling 'multi-mode' USB devices";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ marcweber peterhoeg ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }