diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix
index 5bb21b6972c0..613b33cffdc1 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ rec {
     http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/
   ];
 
+  # GCC.
+  gcc = [
+    ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/mirror/languages/gcc/
+    ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/languages/gcc/
+    ftp://ftp.irisa.fr/pub/mirrors/gcc.gnu.org/gcc/
+    ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/
+  ];
+
   # GnuPG.
   gnupg = [
     ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/privacy/gnupg/
diff --git a/pkgs/data/documentation/std-man-pages/default.nix b/pkgs/data/documentation/std-man-pages/default.nix
index a86e4b4ce177..01572f6e00a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/documentation/std-man-pages/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/documentation/std-man-pages/default.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "std-man-pages-4.2.2";
   
   src = fetchurl {
-    # We could use a list of mirrors for gcc.gnu.org
-    url = ftp://ftp.irisa.fr/pub/mirrors/gcc.gnu.org/gcc/libstdc++/doxygen/libstdc++-man-4.2.2.tar.bz2;
+    url = mirror://gcc/libstdc++/doxygen/libstdc++-man-4.2.2.tar.bz2;
     sha256 = "1572a5hlrj50gk03aardlrhhila0yjlvhqszl424297ga4g95mk2";
   };