diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/miniserve/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/miniserve/default.nix
index 412726e276d6..09640b30be90 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/miniserve/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/miniserve/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
-{ stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, zlib }:
+{ stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, zlib, openssl }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "miniserve";
-  version = "0.2.1";
+  version = "0.5.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "svenstaro";
     repo   = "miniserve";
     rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1g8ggqs4fyscb1r98qj22f61jgkqnr4vdyps0drrvydl9lafdmpl";
+    sha256 = "06cxkkf3sf84prba65dymr1hg7mwizmsax0dlljh0lcmvlcpzi08";
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "055mbrzg7v8a65awn1051b4b9ngxq25wy31gjq8kc93qsb7k0f2k";
+  cargoSha256 = "046xxxqcf1sdsi9dlilsn0nk36gyca20ck1a70ihj1k9kl7yj8sn";
+
+  RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP = 1;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig zlib ];
+  buildInputs = [ openssl ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "For when you really just want to serve some files over HTTP right now!";