diff --git a/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template b/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
index 651a2606ca7..d40b76768b0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=ffmpeg
 version=0.5.1
 revision=2
-distfiles="http://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-${version}.tar.bz2"
+distfiles="http://launchpad.net/ffmpeg/0.5/$version/+download/ffmpeg-${version}.tar.bz2"
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr --enable-gpl --enable-libmp3lame
 --enable-libvorbis --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libxvid