diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/mlterm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/mlterm/default.nix
index e3e8fcd32a5d..9c01430d6dfc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/mlterm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/mlterm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkgconfig, autoconf, makeDesktopItem
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, autoconf, makeDesktopItem
 , libX11, gdk-pixbuf, cairo, libXft, gtk3, vte
 , harfbuzz #substituting glyphs with opentype fonts
 , fribidi, m17n_lib #bidi and encoding
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mlterm";
   version = "3.9.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/mlterm/01release/${pname}-${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "03fnynwv7d1aicwk2rp31sgncv5m65agvygqvsgn59v9di40gnnb";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "arakiken";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "rel-${lib.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "_" ] version}"; # 3.9.1 -> rel-3_9_1
+    sha256 = "1hh196kz2n3asv8r8r2bdk5b2w93zq7rw4880ciiq1554h0ib7fj";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoconf wrapGAppsHook ];