diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libctemplate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libctemplate/default.nix
index 36652f7abc7e..142025c1e51d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libctemplate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libctemplate/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,29 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchsvn, python }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ctemplate-${version}";
+
+  version = "2.3";
+
+  src = fetchsvn {
+    url = "http://ctemplate.googlecode.com/svn/tags/${name}";
+    sha256 = "1kvh82mhazf4qz7blnv0rcax7vi524dmz6v6rp89z2h3qjilbvc7";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ python ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs .
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "A simple but powerful template language for C++";
     longDescription = ''
       CTemplate is a simple but powerful template language for C++. It
       emphasizes separating logic from presentation: it is impossible to
-      embed application logic in this template language.  '';
+      embed application logic in this template language.
+    '';
     homepage = http://code.google.com/p/google-ctemplate/;
     license = "bsd";
   };
-
-  pname = "ctemplate";
-  version = "2.2";
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://ctemplate.googlecode.com/files/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0vv8gvyndppm9m5s1i5k0jvwcz41l1vfgg04r7nssdpzyz0cpwq4";
-  };
 }