diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gnupatch/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gnupatch/default.nix
index cd2a67f6993..513a98fdf07 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/gnupatch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gnupatch/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     then fetchurl {
       # Temporary fix for
       # http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2010-01/msg00004.html .
-      url = "ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/patch/patch-2.6.1-2-g2c4e3ec.tar.gz";
+      url = "http://nixos.org/tarballs/patch-2.6.1-2-g2c4e3ec.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "1rspyzrik5cnav3m2fxr8146bsq4mc0yw4x0r8nkl2x7i052yr2c";
     } else fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://gnu/patch/${name}.tar.gz";