diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
index e48e111f128..870c1953e98 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ let
       # See discussions, e.g. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/24683
       urlPrefixes = args.urlPrefixes or [
         http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/historic/systems/texlive/2018/tlnet-final/archive
+        ftp://tug.org/texlive/historic/2018/tlnet-final/archive
       ];
 
       src = fetchurl { inherit urls sha512; };