diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/eventstat/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/eventstat/default.nix
index 55b00ab8719e..9a2c20ca38aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/eventstat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/eventstat/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchzip, ncurses }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "eventstat";
-  version = "0.04.12";
-  src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/tarballs/eventstat/eventstat-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-XBSs/jZodCpI9BHgAF8+bE23gRCr2uebYiMJxxB8T5E=";
+  version = "0.04.13";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ColinIanKing";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "V${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-psamt9omhakiO3Kx2EzofPL2VAsva7XKQTZmn6zKefA=";
   };
+
   buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
-  installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
-  postInstall = ''
-    mv $out/usr/* $out
-    rm -r $out/usr
-  '';
+  installFlags = [
+    "BINDIR=${placeholder "out"}/bin"
+    "MANDIR=${placeholder "out"}/share/man/man8"
+    "BASHDIR=${placeholder "out"}/share/bash-completion/completions"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Simple monitoring of system events";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ColinIanKing/eventstat";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan ];