diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/upstart/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/upstart/default.nix
index ec185261cbc..03a18f9c961 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/upstart/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/upstart/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "upstart-0.3.0";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://upstart.ubuntu.com/download/upstart-0.3.0.tar.bz2;
+    url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~eelco/dist/upstart-0.3.0.tar.bz2;
     md5 = "269046f41c6418225306280044a799eb";
   };
   configureFlags = "--enable-compat";