diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
index e5532e2fbace..49bf9a06ac8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
@@ -111,26 +111,27 @@ in rec
   YouCompleteMe = stdenv.mkDerivation {
     src = fetchgit {
       url = "https://github.com/Valloric/YouCompleteMe.git";
-      rev = "67288080ea7057ea3111cb4c863484e3b150e738";
-      sha256 = "1a3rwdl458z1yrp50jdwp629j4al0zld21n15sad28g51m8gw5ka";
+      rev = "a2cae90f7ba1746bf1209edd6739f87d5914b375";
+      sha256 = "1yxrxskxnr2da5awm59ra4s9wg67rimcbazvln9bayg9saxs540d";
      };
 
-    name = "youcompleteme-git-6728808";
+    name = "youcompleteme-git-a2cae90";
     buildInputs = [ python cmake clang.clang ];
 
     configurePhase = ":";
 
     buildPhase = ''
+      patchShebangs .
+
       target=$out/share/vim-plugins/YouCompleteMe
       mkdir -p $target
       cp -a ./ $target
 
-
       mkdir $target/build
       cd $target/build
       cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" . $target/third_party/ycmd/cpp -DPYTHON_LIBRARIES:PATH=${python}/lib/libpython2.7.so -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=${python}/include/python2.7 -DUSE_CLANG_COMPLETER=ON -DUSE_SYSTEM_LIBCLANG=ON
       make ycm_support_libs -j''${NIX_BUILD_CORES} -l''${NIX_BUILD_CORES}}
-      ${bash}/bin/bash $target/install.sh --clang-completer
+      ${bash}/bin/bash $target/install.sh --clang-completer --system-libclang
 
       ${vimHelpTags}
       vimHelpTags $target