diff --git a/pkgs/misc/uboot/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/uboot/default.nix
index 9e133e9f3323..d2fadad8852e 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/uboot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/uboot/default.nix
@@ -10,17 +10,21 @@ let
            stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
 
     name = "uboot-${defconfig}-${version}";
-    version = "2017.01";
+    version = "2017.03";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/u-boot-${version}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "1wpc51jm3zyibgcr78jng2yksqvrya76bxgsr4pcyjrsz5sm2hkc";
+      sha256 = "0gqihplap05dlpwdb971wsqyv01nz2vabwq5g5649gr5jczsyjzm";
     };
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [ bc dtc python2 ];
 
     hardeningDisable = [ "all" ];
 
+    postPatch = ''
+      patchShebangs tools
+    '';
+
     configurePhase = ''
       make ${defconfig}
     '';