diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/default.nix
index ec504bd92357..7944f612fb05 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, gettext }:
-   
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gettext, bzip2 }:
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "sysstat-10.1.1";
-   
+  name = "sysstat-11.0.1";
+
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://perso.orange.fr/sebastien.godard/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1ig6k4yjkkazddjr90hykiapl30s9r9c1gy1h8hqzn2c3xgkm7p3";
+    url = "http://perso.orange.fr/sebastien.godard/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1cwgsxvs7jkr3il6r344mw46502yjnhrsbcp4217vh4b7xv6czaq";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ gettext ];
@@ -13,10 +13,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preConfigure = ''
     export PATH_CP=$(type -tp cp)
     export PATH_CHKCONFIG=/no-such-program
-    makeFlagsArray=(SA_DIR=/var/log/sa SYSCONFIG_DIR=$out/etc CHOWN=true IGNORE_MAN_GROUP=y)
+    export BZIP=${bzip2}/bin/bzip2
+    export SYSTEMCTL=systemctl
+    makeFlagsArray=(SYSCONFIG_DIR=$out/etc CHOWN=true IGNORE_MAN_GROUP=y CHOWN=true)
+    installFlagsArray=(SA_DIR=$TMPDIR/dummy)
+    # Note: --enable-install-cron actually installs systemd units.
+    configureFlagsArray+=(--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$out/lib/systemd/system --enable-install-cron)
   '';
 
-  patches = [ ./no-install-statedir.patch ];
+  preInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/systemd/system
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/;
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/no-install-statedir.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/no-install-statedir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ef81f97217fa..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/no-install-statedir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-diff -rc sysstat-10.1.1/Makefile.in sysstat-10.1.1-new/Makefile.in
-*** sysstat-10.1.1/Makefile.in	2012-01-02 14:36:00.000000000 +0100
---- sysstat-10.1.1-new/Makefile.in	2012-08-14 14:11:17.676124739 +0200
-***************
-*** 309,315 ****
-  install_base: all sa1 sa2 sysstat.sysconfig install_man install_nls \
-  	contrib/isag/isag
-  	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(SA_LIB_DIR)
-! 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(SA_DIR)
-  ifeq ($(CLEAN_SA_DIR),y)
-  	find $(DESTDIR)$(SA_DIR) \( -name 'sar??' -o -name 'sa??' -o -name 'sar??.gz' -o -name 'sa??.gz' \) \
-  		-exec rm -f {} \;
---- 309,315 ----
-  install_base: all sa1 sa2 sysstat.sysconfig install_man install_nls \
-  	contrib/isag/isag
-  	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(SA_LIB_DIR)
-! 	#mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(SA_DIR)
-  ifeq ($(CLEAN_SA_DIR),y)
-  	find $(DESTDIR)$(SA_DIR) \( -name 'sar??' -o -name 'sa??' -o -name 'sar??.gz' -o -name 'sa??.gz' \) \
-  		-exec rm -f {} \;
-***************
-*** 344,350 ****
-  
-  install_all: install_base cron/crontab sysstat \
-  	cron/sysstat.crond cron/sysstat.cron.daily cron/sysstat.cron.hourly
-! 	$(CHOWN) $(CRON_OWNER) $(DESTDIR)$(SA_DIR)
-  	if [ -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.d ]; then \
-  	   $(INSTALL_DATA) cron/sysstat.crond $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.d/sysstat; \
-  	elif [ -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.hourly -a -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.daily ]; then \
---- 344,350 ----
-  
-  install_all: install_base cron/crontab sysstat \
-  	cron/sysstat.crond cron/sysstat.cron.daily cron/sysstat.cron.hourly
-! 	#$(CHOWN) $(CRON_OWNER) $(DESTDIR)$(SA_DIR)
-  	if [ -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.d ]; then \
-  	   $(INSTALL_DATA) cron/sysstat.crond $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.d/sysstat; \
-  	elif [ -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.hourly -a -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/cron.daily ]; then \