diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/file/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/file/default.nix
index 01a674fe227..38fb0b78cb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/file/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/file/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "file-5.04";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.04.tar.gz;
+    urls = [
+      ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.04.tar.gz
+      http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/file/file-5.04.tar.gz/accade81ff1cc774904b47c72c8aeea0/file-5.04.tar.gz
+    ];
     sha256 = "0316lj3jxmp2g8azv0iykmmwjsnjanq93bklccwb6k77jiwnx7jc";
   };