diff --git a/shutils/tmpl_vars.sh b/shutils/tmpl_vars.sh
index e3b6ede3118..79abdeda83a 100644
--- a/shutils/tmpl_vars.sh
+++ b/shutils/tmpl_vars.sh
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ NONGNU_SITE="http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases"
 UBUNTU_SITE="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool"
 XORG_SITE="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual"
 DEBIAN_SITE="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool"
+GNOME_SITE="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources"