diff --git a/srcpkgs/subversion/template b/srcpkgs/subversion/template
index 6b56a39076..b9a2b7eb86 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/subversion/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/subversion/template
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 pkgname=subversion
 version=1.6.17
 homepage="http://subversion.apache.org/"
-distfiles="$homepage/downloads/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+#distfiles="$homepage/downloads/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+distfiles="http://${pkgname}.tigris.org/downloads/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 revision=1
 short_desc="Enterprise-class centralized version control for the masses"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"