diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
index 11fafc8f038..3bfdf8f3a77 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src =  fetchurl {
     urls = [
-      "https://launchpad.net/mesa/trunk/${version}/+download/mesa-${version}.tar.xz"
       "ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/${version}/mesa-${version}.tar.xz"
+      (with stdenv.lib; ''ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/older-versions/''
+        + head (splitString "." version) + ''.x/${version}/mesa-${version}.tar.xz'')
+      "https://launchpad.net/mesa/trunk/${version}/+download/mesa-${version}.tar.xz"
     ];
     sha256 = "9c255a2a6695fcc6ef4a279e1df0aeaf417dc142f39ee59dfb533d80494bb67a";
   };