diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gnused/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gnused/default.nix
index 037c2f17a63b..aa25101636e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/gnused/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gnused/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "gnused-4.2.2";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnused-${version}";
+  version = "4.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnu/sed/sed-4.2.2.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "f048d1838da284c8bc9753e4506b85a1e0cc1ea8999d36f6995bcb9460cddbd7";
+    url = "mirror://gnu/sed/sed-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1anhdgah8h423hlmn9hwzxzr7hjbqjm6hxq3z1p7p7nf8640vhj7";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "info" ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
+  preConfigure = "patchShebangs ./build-aux/help2man";
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/;
     description = "GNU sed, a batch stream editor";