diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libatomic_ops/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libatomic_ops/default.nix
index 33209f2fd446..eedc0993d736 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libatomic_ops/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libatomic_ops/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "7.6.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.ivmaisoft.com/_bin/atomic_ops/libatomic_ops-${version}.tar.gz";
+    urls = [
+      "http://www.ivmaisoft.com/_bin/atomic_ops/libatomic_ops-${version}.tar.gz"
+      "https://github.com/ivmai/libatomic_ops/releases/download/v${version}/libatomic_ops-${version}.tar.gz"
+    ];
     sha256 ="03ylfr29g9zc0r6b6axz3i68alj5qmxgzknxwam3jlx0sz8hcb4f";
   };