diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmicrohttpd/template b/srcpkgs/libmicrohttpd/template
index 8d7357e21e3..8f7e566cf62 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libmicrohttpd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmicrohttpd/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ short_desc="Library embedding HTTP server functionality"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/libmicrohttpd/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
-distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libmicrohttpd/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/libmicrohttpd/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=4f937b6065c366d776be86b1d24b8fc400ebc7ea006a9d77c49a8f2f0cd7e373
 
 libmicrohttpd-devel_package() {