diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtiff/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtiff/default.nix
index 386abb6fbc2e..d170c2fd2314 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtiff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtiff/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "libtiff-3.9.4";
   
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/tiff-3.9.4.tar.gz;
+    urls =
+      [ ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/tiff-3.9.4.tar.gz
+        http://download.osgeo.org/libtiff/tiff-3.9.4.tar.gz
+      ];
     sha256 = "19hxd773yxcs4lxlc3zfdkz5aiv705vj2jvy5srpqkxpbw3nvdv7";
   };