diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/msgpack-c/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/msgpack-c/package.py
index c1cff79e24..0312b874f0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/msgpack-c/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/msgpack-c/package.py
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@
 class MsgpackC(CMakePackage):
     """A small, fast binary interchange format convertible to/from JSON"""
     homepage = "http://www.msgpack.org"
-    url      = "https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-c/archive/cpp-1.4.1.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-c/archive/cpp-3.0.1.tar.gz"
 
+    version('3.0.1', 'a79f05f0dc5637c161805d6c0e9bfbe7')
     version('1.4.1', 'e2fd3a7419b9bc49e5017fdbefab87e0')
 
     depends_on('cmake@2.8.12:', type='build')