diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix
index e820cf69eb0..b48779d0bc5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "gnugrep-2.5.1";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/grep/grep-2.5.1.tar.bz2;
+    url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~eelco/mirror/grep-2.5.1.tar.bz2;
     md5 = "ddd99e2d5d4f4611357e31e97f080cf2";
   };
   buildInputs = [pcre];