diff --git a/nixos/tests/minidlna.nix b/nixos/tests/minidlna.nix
index d852c7f60bc..104b79078fd 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/minidlna.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/minidlna.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
     server.succeed("mkdir -p /tmp/stuff && chown minidlna: /tmp/stuff")
     server.wait_for_unit("minidlna")
     server.wait_for_open_port("8200")
-    server.succeed("curl --fail http://localhost:8200/")
-    client.succeed("curl --fail http://server:8200/")
+    # requests must be made *by IP* to avoid triggering minidlna's
+    # DNS-rebinding protection
+    server.succeed("curl --fail http://$(getent ahostsv4 localhost | head -n1 | cut -f 1 -d ' '):8200/")
+    client.succeed("curl --fail http://$(getent ahostsv4 server | head -n1 | cut -f 1 -d ' '):8200/")
   '';
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/minidlna/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/minidlna/default.nix
index c14b8c68479..00cd85a4273 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/minidlna/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/minidlna/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, ffmpeg, flac, libvorbis, libogg, libid3tag, libexif, libjpeg, sqlite, gettext }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit, autoreconfHook, ffmpeg, flac, libvorbis, libogg, libid3tag, libexif, libjpeg, sqlite, gettext, nixosTests }:
 
-let version = "1.3.0"; in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+let
   pname = "minidlna";
-  inherit version;
+  version = "1.3.1";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  inherit pname version;
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/minidlna/minidlna/${version}/minidlna-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0qrw5ny82p5ybccw4pp9jma8nwl28z927v0j2561m0289imv1na7";
+  # tarball for 1.3.1 is missing
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git.code.sf.net/p/${pname}/git";
+    rev = "v${builtins.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "_" ] version}";
+    hash = "sha256-nbvz/QHSZBTZEqX/utOoOF5vorhrxGqIBA9qfpIZzyU=";
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''
     export makeFlags="INSTALLPREFIX=$out"
   '';
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
   buildInputs = [ ffmpeg flac libvorbis libogg libid3tag libexif libjpeg sqlite gettext ];
 
   postInstall = ''
@@ -23,6 +28,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     cp minidlnad.8 $out/share/man/man8
   '';
 
+  passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) minidlna; };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Media server software";
     longDescription = ''