diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/default.nix
index 138b4d614495..c2388f8c1aa4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, curl, openssl, zlib, expat, perl}:
+args: with args;
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "git-1.5.1.2";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "git-1.5.3.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://kernel/software/scm/git/git-1.5.1.2.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "0a7nnw9631h6nxk7sny0cjv89qlibilvsm6947620vr2kgc6p6k2";
+    url = "mirror://kernel/software/scm/git/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0ab63s25wzmsl5inp7bykz5ac7xjilqa0ciaz7ydhciymz6gkawj";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [curl openssl zlib expat];
 
-  preBuild = "
-    makeFlagsArray=(prefix=$out PERL_PATH=${perl}/bin/perl SHELL_PATH=${stdenv.shell})
-  ";
+  makeFlags="prefix=\${out} PERL_PATH=${perl}/bin/perl SHELL_PATH=${stdenv.shell}";
+
+  meta = {
+	  license = "GPL2";
+	  homepage = http://git.or.cz;
+	  description = "A popular version control system designed to handle very
+	  large projects with speed and efficiency";
+  };
 }