diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/io/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/io/default.nix
index d0a3b20e5038c..48462a333bcb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/io/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/io/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,27 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, zlib, sqlite, gmp, libffi, cairo,
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, zlib, sqlite, gmp, libffi, cairo,
   ncurses, freetype, libGLU, libGL, libpng, libtiff, libjpeg, readline, libsndfile,
   libxml2, freeglut, libsamplerate, pcre, libevent, libedit, yajl,
   python3, openssl, glfw, pkg-config, libpthreadstubs, libXdmcp, libmemcached
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "io-2015.11.11";
+  pname = "io";
+  version = "2017.09.06";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "stevedekorte";
     repo = "io";
-    rev = "1fc725e0a8635e2679cbb20521f4334c25273caa";
-    sha256 = "0ll2kd72zy8vf29sy0nnx3awk7nywpwpv21rvninjjaqkygrc0qw";
+    rev = "b8a18fc199758ed09cd2f199a9bc821f6821072a";
+    sha256 = "07rg1zrz6i6ghp11cm14w7bbaaa1s8sb0y5i7gr2sds0ijlpq223";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "check-for-sysctl-h.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/IoLanguage/io/pull/446/commits/9f3e4d87b6d4c1bf583134d55d1cf92d3464c49f.patch";
+      sha256 = "9f06073ac17f26c2ef6298143bdd1babe7783c228f9667622aa6c91bb7ec7fa0";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
   ];
@@ -32,6 +41,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sed -ie \
           "s/add_subdirectory(addons)/#add_subdirectory(addons)/g" \
           CMakeLists.txt
+    # Bind Libs STATIC to avoid a segfault when relinking
+    sed -i 's/basekit SHARED/basekit STATIC/' libs/basekit/CMakeLists.txt
+    sed -i 's/garbagecollector SHARED/garbagecollector STATIC/' libs/garbagecollector/CMakeLists.txt
+    sed -i 's/coroutine SHARED/coroutine STATIC/' libs/coroutine/CMakeLists.txt
+  '';
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    $out/bin/io
+    $out/bin/io_static
   '';
 
   # for gcc5; c11 inline semantics breaks the build