diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 24d7391430..701df764cd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Federico Beffa <beffa@fbengineering.ch>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer <taylanbayirli@gmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
@@ -2397,14 +2397,14 @@ (define-public unionfs-fuse
     (name "unionfs-fuse")
     (version "2.0")
     (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append
-                    "https://github.com/rpodgorny/unionfs-fuse/archive/v"
-                    version ".tar.gz"))
-              (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (method git-fetch)
+              (uri (git-reference
+                     (url "https://github.com/rpodgorny/unionfs-fuse")
+                     (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0hsn8l1iblvx27bpd4dvnvnbh9ri3sv2f9xzpsnfz3379kb7skgj"))))
+                "0lb8zgdxnjy2fjr2284hvdfn7inc1in44ynzgcr66x54bxzvynj6"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("python" ,python)))