diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix
index b8a58db2d1e3..5473a637b6a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
 { stdenv, fetchgit, autoreconfHook, texinfo, ncurses, readline, zlib, lzo, openssl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "tinc-1.1pre-2015-11-07";
+  name = "tinc-${version}";
+  rev = "d8ca00fe40ff4b6d87e7e64c273f536fab462356";
+  version = "1.1pre-2016-01-28-${builtins.substring 0 7 rev}";
 
   src = fetchgit {
+    inherit rev;
     url = "git://tinc-vpn.org/tinc";
-    rev = "bdd84660c756437cf3bc8f64adf612055acc84ea";
-    sha256 = "1vkpdn3gjlrrm0rfpbhz410mpcq16xy0ilvgkxsgifc9xgdgflmn";
+    sha256 = "0wqgzbqlafbkmj71vhfrqwmp61g95amzd43py47kq3fn5aiybcqf";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook texinfo ];
   buildInputs = [ ncurses readline zlib lzo openssl ];
 
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace configure.ac --replace UNKNOWN ${version}
+  '';
+
   configureFlags = [
     "--sysconfdir=/etc"
     "--localstatedir=/var"
@@ -28,6 +34,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage="http://www.tinc-vpn.org/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington fpletz ];
   };
 }