diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
index e511ec415a2..cd3074546f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "openssh-5.5p1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/${name}.tar.gz";
+    url = "ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "12kywhjnz6w6kx5fk526fhs2xc7rf234hwrms9p1hqv6zrpdvvin";
   };