diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/default.nix
index 95f482a82305..734613c44ac8 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, nasm, perl, libuuid }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "syslinux-4.07";
+  name = "syslinux-6.02";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://kernel/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/4.xx/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0nm0lx45h4c5nxnsr538bvryzvqvj1p1p4vqxzd8nlcv47ja8h0j";
+    url = "mirror://kernel/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0y2ld2s64s6vc5pf8rj36w71rq2cfax3c1iafp0w1qbjpxy1p8xg";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./perl-deps.patch ];
@@ -14,15 +14,27 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  preBuild =
-    ''
-      substituteInPlace gpxe/src/Makefile.housekeeping --replace /bin/echo $(type -P echo)
-      substituteInPlace gpxe/src/Makefile --replace /usr/bin/perl $(type -P perl)
-      makeFlagsArray=(BINDIR=$out/bin SBINDIR=$out/sbin LIBDIR=$out/lib INCDIR=$out/include DATADIR=$out/share MANDIR=$out/share/man PERL=perl)
-    '';
+  preBuild = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace /bin/pwd $(type -P pwd)
+    substituteInPlace gpxe/src/Makefile.housekeeping --replace /bin/echo $(type -P echo)
+    substituteInPlace gpxe/src/Makefile --replace /usr/bin/perl $(type -P perl)
+  '';
 
-  meta = {
+  makeFlags = [
+    "BINDIR=$(out)/bin"
+    "SBINDIR=$(out)/sbin"
+    "LIBDIR=$(out)/lib"
+    "INCDIR=$(out)/include"
+    "DATADIR=$(out)/share"
+    "MANDIR=$(out)/share/man"
+    "PERL=perl"
+    "bios"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://www.syslinux.org/;
     description = "A lightweight bootloader";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }