diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxc/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxc/default.nix
index fd6bb9b0389f..825c241e53ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxc/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "lxc-1.0.0.beta2";
+  name = "lxc-1.0.0.beta4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://github.com/lxc/lxc/archive/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0w38kxpqrhrgzd057yk8xzi4lx2vzvjkn6iysnj9zibw1bzb5rbk";
+    sha256 = "174grvh5086pmbaladp5ivy2azlm7q9v5xwgc5yww2mggx99w41j";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ libcap apparmor perl docbook2x gnutls autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];