diff --git a/gnu/packages/emulators.scm b/gnu/packages/emulators.scm
index 01ca8b7a16..c28fc3885a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emulators.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emulators.scm
@@ -560,13 +560,13 @@ SDL audio plugin.")
     (version "2.5")
     (source
      (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (string-append
-             "https://github.com/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-input-sdl/archive/"
-             version ".tar.gz"))
-       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (method git-fetch)
+       (uri (git-reference
+             (url "https://github.com/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-input-sdl.git")
+             (commit version)))
+       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "11sj5dbalp2nrlmki34vy7wy28vc175pnnkdk65p8599hnyq37ri"))))
+        (base32 "1dyazfbdjycdfslq8jixqiqhziw0rlkvach2r9dz91229jmkyc9c"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("which" ,which)))