diff --git a/pkgs/games/blobby/default.nix b/pkgs/games/blobby/default.nix
index faf7366f2494..801b7ea72770 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/blobby/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/blobby/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, SDL, SDL_image, mesa, cmake, physfs, boost, zip, zlib}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, SDL2, SDL2_image, mesa, cmake, physfs, boost, zip, zlib
+, pkgconfig}:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.0-rc3";
+  version = "1.0";
   name = "blobby-volley-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/blobby/Blobby%20Volley%202%20%28Linux%29/1.0RC3/blobby2-linux-1.0rc3.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "10f50b2ygw8cb9mp33wpdwv9p6lc10qlwc1xd44bbcby1d9v5ga5";
+    url = "http://softlayer-ams.dl.sourceforge.net/project/blobby/Blobby%20Volley%202%20%28Linux%29/1.0/blobby2-linux-1.0.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1qpmbdlyhfbrdsq4vkb6cb3b8mh27fpizb71q4a21ala56g08yms";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [SDL SDL_image mesa cmake physfs boost zip zlib];
+  buildInputs = [SDL2 SDL2_image mesa cmake physfs boost zip zlib pkgconfig];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    sed -re '1i#include <cassert>' -i src/CrossCorrelation.h
+  preConfigure=''
+    sed -e '1i#include <iostream>' -i src/NetworkMessage.cpp
   '';
 
   meta = {
@@ -19,5 +20,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; bsd3;
     platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [raskin];
+    homepage = "http://blobby.sourceforge.net/";
+    downloadPage = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/blobby/files/Blobby%20Volley%202%20%28Linux%29/";
+    inherit version;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/games/blobby/default.upstream b/pkgs/games/blobby/default.upstream
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e9ab417f5d20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/blobby/default.upstream
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+url http://sourceforge.net/projects/blobby/files/Blobby%20Volley%202%20%28Linux%29/
+SF_version_dir
+version_link '[.]tar[.][^.]+/download$'
+SF_redirect
+do_overwrite(){
+  do_overwrite_just_version
+  set_var_value url $CURRENT_URL
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8c40c92b57e1..dcd23c172cf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10086,9 +10086,7 @@ let
 
   blackshadeselite = callPackage ../games/blackshadeselite { };
 
-  blobby = callPackage ../games/blobby {
-    boost = boost149;
-  };
+  blobby = callPackage ../games/blobby { };
 
   bsdgames = callPackage ../games/bsdgames { };