diff --git a/utils/cryptodev-linux/Makefile b/utils/cryptodev-linux/Makefile
index 4f187c84c..45839015c 100644
--- a/utils/cryptodev-linux/Makefile
+++ b/utils/cryptodev-linux/Makefile
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=cryptodev-linux
-PKG_VERSION:=1.8
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.8.git-2017-02-09
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://download.gna.org/cryptodev-linux/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=02644cc4cd02301e0b503a332eb2f0b5
+PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
+PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=627ce96e3ba66ca9c8e14f5d80193061fbe9d45cd8d4b69a1bf4dd5a2d50eed8
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/cryptodev-linux/cryptodev-linux.git
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=6818263667ca488f9b1c86e36ea624c4ea1c309f
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)