diff --git a/gnu/packages/patchutils.scm b/gnu/packages/patchutils.scm
index c4232cc8a7..42da56194c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patchutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/patchutils.scm
@@ -177,24 +177,25 @@ (define-public colordiff
     (license gpl2+)))
 
 (define-public patches
-  (let ((commit "26d7dbc"))
+  (let ((commit "ef1b8a7d954b82ed4af3a08fd63d2085d19090ef"))
     (package
       (name "patches")
-      (version (string-append "0.0." commit))
+      (home-page "https://github.com/stefanha/patches")
+      (version (string-append "0.0-1." (string-take commit 7)))
       (source (origin
                 (method git-fetch)
                 (uri (git-reference
-                      (url "https://github.com/aliguori/patches")
+                      (url home-page)
                       (commit commit)))
                 (sha256
                  (base32
-                  "1bah6y84nlii5yif189ns28dz1m9vmsyw66jyk2vr5yf0njf7mzh"))))
+                  "11rdmhv0l1s8nqb20ywmw2zqizczch2p62qf9apyx5wqgxlnjshk"))
+                (file-name (string-append name "-"version "-checkout"))))
       (build-system python-build-system)
       (inputs `(("python-notmuch" ,python2-notmuch)))
       (arguments
        `(#:tests? #f                             ;no "test" target
-                  #:python ,python-2))           ;not compatible with Python 3
-      (home-page "https://github.com/aliguori/patches")
+         #:python ,python-2))                    ;not compatible with Python 3
       (synopsis "Patch tracking tool")
       (description
        "'Patches' is a patch-tracking tool initially written for the QEMU