diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix
index 8726f4aae219..017492f28b5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gettext }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "axel-${version}";
-  version = "2.4";
+  version = "2.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/a/axel/axel_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0dl0r9byd2ps90cq2nj1y7ib6gnkb5y9f3a3fmhcnjrm9smmg6im";
+    sha256 = "10qsmfq2aprrxsm8sshpvzjjpxhmyv89mrik4clw9rprwxknfdq2";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = [ gettext ];
+
+  installFlags = [ "ETCDIR=$(out)/etc" ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Console downloading program with some features for parallel connections for faster downloading";
     homepage = http://axel.alioth.debian.org/;