diff --git a/srcpkgs/fontconfig/template b/srcpkgs/fontconfig/template
index 2e9c3f1f76b..d700ae06791 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fontconfig/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fontconfig/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=fontconfig
 version=2.8.0
 revision=2
-distfiles="http://www.fontconfig.org/release/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+distfiles="ftp://mirror.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/distfiles/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--enable-docs --with-cache-dir=/var/cache/$pkgname"
 short_desc="Library for configuring and customizing font access"