diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 89a1832..fa6ba18 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 ebin
 priv/*.so
 c_src/system
-c_src/wiredtiger-*/
+c_src/wiredtiger*/
 c_src/*.o
 *~
diff --git a/c_src/build_deps.sh b/c_src/build_deps.sh
index cfded1f..111eb8d 100755
--- a/c_src/build_deps.sh
+++ b/c_src/build_deps.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-WT_VSN=1.4.2
+WT_BRANCH=basho
 
 [ `basename $PWD` != "c_src" ] && cd c_src
 
@@ -10,19 +10,24 @@ BASEDIR="$PWD"
 
 case "$1" in
     clean)
-        rm -rf system wiredtiger-$WT_VSN
+        rm -rf system wiredtiger
         ;;
 
     *)
         test -f system/lib/libwiredtiger.a && exit 0
 
-        tar -xjf wiredtiger-$WT_VSN.tar.bz2
-
-        (cd wiredtiger-$WT_VSN/build_posix && \
+	if [ -d wiredtiger/.git ]; then
+	    (cd wiredtiger && \
+		git fetch && \
+		git merge origin/$WT_BRANCH)
+	else
+	    git clone https://github.com/wiredtiger/wiredtiger.git -b $WT_BRANCH && \
+		(cd wiredtiger && ./autogen.sh)
+	fi
+	(cd wiredtiger/build_posix && \
             ../configure --with-pic \
                          --prefix=$BASEDIR/system && \
             make && make install)
-
         ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/c_src/wiredtiger-1.4.2.tar.bz2 b/c_src/wiredtiger-1.4.2.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 49f69b3..0000000
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