diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm
index 353cc81b41..24158856d5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm
@@ -820,16 +820,16 @@ library for GNU Guile based on the actor model.")
     (name "guile-daemon")
     (version "0.1.3")
     (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/alezost/" name
-                                  "/releases/download/v" version
-                                  "/" name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "08gaqrgjlly9k5si72vvpbr4xhq5v52l5ma5y6a7spid5dd057cy"))))
+              (method git-fetch)
+              (uri (git-reference
+                    (url "https://github.com/alezost/guile-daemon")
+                    (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+              (sha256 (base32
+                       "0mdxdiwb52zgpz144vii8f4jdia8a7w1i1mpffw8zh3ghglfrjzl"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
-     (list pkg-config))
+     (list autoconf automake texinfo pkg-config))
     (inputs
      (list guile-3.0))
     (home-page "https://github.com/alezost/guile-daemon")