diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
index 7b208e05593..278e33c383a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ let
     };
 
   # create a derivation that contains an unpacked upstream TL package
-  mkPkg = { pname, tlType, version, sha512, postUnpack ? "", stripPrefix ? 1, ... }@args:
+  mkPkg = { pname, tlType, revision, version, sha512, postUnpack ? "", stripPrefix ? 1, ... }@args:
     let
       # the basename used by upstream (without ".tar.xz" suffix)
       urlName = pname + lib.optionalString (tlType != "run") ".${tlType}";
@@ -97,8 +97,12 @@ let
       fixedHash = fixedHashes.${tlName} or null; # be graceful about missing hashes
 
       urls = args.urls or (if args ? url then [ args.url ] else
-              map (up: "${up}/${urlName}.tar.xz") urlPrefixes
-            );
+        lib.concatMap
+          (up: [
+            "${up}/${urlName}.r${toString revision}.tar.xz"
+            "${up}/${urlName}.tar.xz" # TODO To be removed for telive 2020
+          ])
+          urlPrefixes);
 
       # The tarballs on CTAN mirrors for the current release are constantly
       # receiving updates, so we can't use those directly. Stable snapshots