diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pinfo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pinfo/default.nix
index d8dba39ccb56..658ff410d379 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/pinfo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pinfo/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, readline}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, gettext, texinfo, ncurses, readline }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "pinfo-0.6.9";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = https://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/1498/pinfo-0.6.9.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "1rbsz1y7nyz6ax9xfkw5wk6pnrhvwz2xcm0wnfnk4sb2wwq760q3";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ncurses readline];
+  name = "pinfo-0.6.10";
 
-  configureFlags = "--with-curses=${ncurses} --with-readline=${readline}";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    # homepage needed you to login to download the tarball
+    url = "http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/pinfo/pinfo-0.6.10.tar.bz2"
+      + "/fe3d3da50371b1773dfe29bf870dbc5b/pinfo-0.6.10.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0p8wyrpz9npjcbx6c973jspm4c3xz4zxx939nngbq49xqah8088j";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook gettext texinfo ncurses readline ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-curses=${ncurses}" "--with-readline=${readline}" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A viewer for info files";
+    homepage = https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pinfo/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
 }
+