diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/freemind/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/freemind/default.nix
index de96e5a27fa1..6981f187ece2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/freemind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/freemind/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 args: with args;
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "freemind-0.9.0_Beta_13";
+  name = "freemind-0.9.0_Beta_20";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freemind/freemind-src-0.9.0_Beta_13_icon_butterfly.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "00389bhg73qknydrq0f3bskb5lyrdg2p58mnnp19wdvzzmfbic4w";
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/freemind/freemind-src-0.9.0_Beta_20.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1ja573n0g9zpdrljabgps20njg1p76hvsv8xjb56cii2dr77yspv";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [jdk ant];
@@ -23,19 +23,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 # reference and more info https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sun-java5/+bug/86103
 # JDK 7 beta seems to have fixed this (bug ?)
 
-  installPhase="
-    ensureDir \$out/{bin,nix-support}
-    cp -r ../bin/dist \$out/nix-support
-    sed -i 's/which/type -p/' \$out/nix-support/dist/freemind.sh
-    cat > \$out/bin/freemind << EOF
-#!/bin/sh
-export LIBXCB_ALLOW_SLOPPY_LOCK=true
-export JAVA_HOME=\$jre
-\$out/nix-support/dist/freemind.sh
-EOF
+  installPhase=''
+    ensureDir $out/{bin,nix-support}
+    cp -r ../bin/dist $out/nix-support
+    sed -i 's/which/type -p/' $out/nix-support/dist/freemind.sh
+    cat > $out/bin/freemind << EOF
+    #!/bin/sh
+    # using pure env has removed the segfault for me :-)
+    exec env -i  sh -c "
+      export PATH=\"${args.coreutils}/bin:${args.gnugrep}/bin\";
+      export DISPLAY=\"\$DISPLAY\";
+      export JAVA_HOME=\"$jre\";
+      export LIBXCB_ALLOW_SLOPPY_LOCK=true;
+      $out/nix-support/dist/freemind.sh"
+    EOF
 
-    chmod +x \$out/{bin/freemind,nix-support/dist/freemind.sh}
-    ";
+    chmod +x $out/{bin/freemind,nix-support/dist/freemind.sh}
+    '';
 
   meta = {
       description = "mind mapping software";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1d43378fa855..1b427499dadc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6201,7 +6201,7 @@ let
   };
 
   freemind = import ../applications/misc/freemind {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv ant;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv ant coreutils gnugrep;
     jdk = jdk;
     jre = jdk;
   };