diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/alfred.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/alfred.nix
index 002e458b24de..f41278b1f7cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/alfred.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/alfred.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gpsd, libcap, libnl }:
 
 let
-  ver = "2017.3";
+  ver = "2017.4";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "alfred-${ver}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/releases/batman-adv-${ver}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0202mxp7hwflkqnkkajx5lv1nxjng45q5gcvvdv68x46p8ikb5n2";
+    sha256 = "126wfmng4x19k8n4930v03qbjhwrikq9bvhl7mlng1k2fpx1msn4";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/batctl.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/batctl.nix
index 6ff3903c4f2f..17776f1ad217 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/batctl.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/batctl.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libnl }:
 
 let
-  ver = "2017.3";
+  ver = "2017.4";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "batctl-${ver}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/releases/batman-adv-${ver}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1a48kc2v8cb1757pxlli96qf3d7x7k3qw04rjadfs0iy09sz1ir9";
+    sha256 = "0r742krc9mn677wmfwbhwhqq9739n74vpw0xfasvy7d59nn6lz84";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/default.nix
index 4f8a85d5d887..db56c8d04125 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/batman-adv/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, kernel }:
 
-let base = "batman-adv-2017.3"; in
+let base = "batman-adv-2017.4"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${base}-${kernel.version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/releases/${base}/${base}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1m541czjwgi4rfhjr6rg9r9c3cp2ncnif4ln7ri926zigwlxs3l3";
+    sha256 = "0k4sf52sbk39m25w6plk8spwcf4kzc3axckyk2r6anxxsangyl4a";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;
+
   hardeningDisable = [ "pic" ];
 
   preBuild = ''