diff --git a/srcpkgs/pidgin/template b/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
index c9010a49be..c8b83f9181 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ short_desc="Multi-protocol instant messaging client"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://pidgin.im/"
-distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/pidgin/pidgin-${version}.tar.bz2"
+#distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/pidgin/pidgin-${version}.tar.bz2"
+distfiles="http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/blfs/svn/p/pidgin-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=f2ae211341fc77efb9945d40e9932aa535cdf3a6c8993fe7919fca8cc1c04007
 
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool automake libtool gettext-devel glib-devel"