diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix
index 6aa357dacb64..afa6cef1524d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, autoconf-archive
-, pkgconfig, gettext, libssl }:
+, pkgconfig, gettext, libssl, txt2man }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "axel";
-  version = "2.17.3";
+  version = "2.17.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "axel-download-accelerator";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0kdd2y92plv240ba2j3xrm0f8xygvm1ijghnric4whsnxvmgym7h";
+    sha256 = "0kwfbwh9g2227icgykgwa057vll5rkgac3df0pby530bivqzzzlw";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig autoconf-archive ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig autoconf-archive txt2man ];
 
   buildInputs = [ gettext libssl ];
 
-  installFlags = [ "ETCDIR=$(out)/etc" ];
+  installFlags = [ "ETCDIR=${placeholder "out"}/etc" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Console downloading program with some features for parallel connections for faster downloading";