diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/garcosim/tracefilegen/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/garcosim/tracefilegen/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c66eb25ba31..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/garcosim/tracefilegen/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-source "$stdenv"/setup
-
-cp --recursive "$src" ./
-
-chmod --recursive u=rwx ./"$(basename "$src")"
-
-cd ./"$(basename "$src")"
-
-cmake ./ 
-
-make
-
-mkdir --parents "$out"/bin
-cp ./TraceFileGen "$out"/bin
-
-mkdir --parents "$out"/share/doc/"$name"/html
-cp --recursive ./Documentation/html/* "$out/share/doc/$name/html/"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/garcosim/tracefilegen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/garcosim/tracefilegen/default.nix
index 07e3a579d345..f96f7e9b66bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/garcosim/tracefilegen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/garcosim/tracefilegen/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,29 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, cmake }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
-  name = "tracefilegen-2015-11-14";
+  name = "tracefilegen-2017-05-13";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://github.com/GarCoSim/TraceFileGen.git";
-    rev = "4acf75b142683cc475c6b1c841a221db0753b404";
-    sha256 = "0mh661l9d1lczv0mr2y9swzqqlwikyqiv1hdd71r9v8cvm54y5ij";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "GarCoSim";
+    repo = "TraceFileGen";
+    rev = "0ebfd1fdb54079d4bdeaa81fc9267ecb9f016d60";
+    sha256 = "1gsx18ksgz5gwl3v62vgrmhxc0wc99i74qwhpn0h57zllk41drjc";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  patches = [ ./gcc7.patch ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -Dm755 TraceFileGen $out/bin/TraceFileGen
+    mkdir -p $out/share/doc/${name}/
+    cp -ar $src/Documentation/html $out/share/doc/${name}/.
+  '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Automatically generate all types of basic memory management operations and write into trace files";
-    homepage = https://github.com/GarCoSim; 
+    homepage = https://github.com/GarCoSim;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.cmcdragonkai ];
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/garcosim/tracefilegen/gcc7.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/garcosim/tracefilegen/gcc7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..48301bbf61ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/garcosim/tracefilegen/gcc7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/Utils/Logger.cpp b/Utils/Logger.cpp
+index 747cd63..e3efdf1 100644
+--- a/Utils/Logger.cpp
++++ b/Utils/Logger.cpp
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Logger::Logger(char* tracepath) {
+ 	trace = fopen(tracepath, "w");
+ 
+ 	// dot file is not used, set null as default value
+-	dot = '\0';
++	dot = nullptr;
+ 	//dot = fopen("gcKons.dot", "w");
+ 	//fprintf(dot,"digraph G {\n");
+ }