diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsoap/template b/srcpkgs/gsoap/template
index 301ca46e9d3..379e5103ed5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gsoap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gsoap/template
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ short_desc="Toolkit for SOAP and REST Web Services and XML-Based Applications"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://www.genivia.com/dev.html"
-distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/gsoap2/gsoap_${version}.zip"
+# distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/gsoap2/gsoap_${version}.zip"
+# distfile is gone from upstream
+distfiles="https://sources.voidlinux.org/gsoap-2.8.124/gsoap_2.8.124.zip"
 checksum=4b798780989338f665ef8e171bbcc422a271004d62d5852666d5eeca33a6a636
 disable_parallel_build=yes
 CFLAGS="-fcommon"