diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/template b/srcpkgs/libevent/template
index 016649c6e24..94621d63523 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libevent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libevent/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ short_desc="Abstract asynchronous event notification library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/"
 license="GPL-2"
-distfiles="https://github.com/downloads/$pkgname/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version-stable.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/levent/$pkgname-$version-stable.tar.gz"
 checksum=22a530a8a5ba1cb9c080cba033206b17dacd21437762155c6d30ee6469f574f5
 
 libevent-devel_package() {