diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/daq/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/daq/default.nix
index 81a94ec540d..c4a82966238 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/daq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/daq/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     name = "${name}.tar.gz";
-    url = "http://www.snort.org/downloads/snort/${name}.tar.gz";
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/snort/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0vdwb0r9kdlgj4g0i0swafbc7qik0zmks17mhqji8cl7hpdva13p";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/snort/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/snort/default.nix
index 257b676686b..ea7e0962699 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/snort/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/snort/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   
   src = fetchurl {
     name = "${name}.tar.gz";
-    url = "http://www.snort.org/downloads/snort/${name}.tar.gz";
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/snort/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "1gmlrh9ygpd5h6nnrr4090wk5n2yq2yrvwi7q6xbm6lxj4rcamyv";
   };