diff --git a/shutils/tmpl_vars.sh b/shutils/tmpl_vars.sh
index 0e26330f8f0..e3b6ede3118 100644
--- a/shutils/tmpl_vars.sh
+++ b/shutils/tmpl_vars.sh
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ SOURCEFORGE_SITE="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge"
 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"