diff --git a/srcpkgs/shadow/template b/srcpkgs/shadow/template
index 6705bda313..0332f2c241 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/shadow/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/shadow/template
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ short_desc="Shadow password file utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="http://pkg-shadow.alioth.debian.org"
-distfiles="$homepage/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+distfiles="http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/shadow-utils/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2/a00449aa439c69287b6d472191dc2247/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=aa32333748d68b58ed3a83625f0165e0f6b9dc4639e6377c9300c6bf4fe978fb
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then