diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgcrypt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgcrypt/default.nix
index 506d15f2e953..8ea05dc73a32 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgcrypt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgcrypt/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ args: with args;
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "libgcrypt-1.3.1";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.3.1.tar.bz2;
+    urls = [
+      ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.3.1.tar.bz2
+      ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.3.1.tar.bz2
+    ];
     sha256 = "0ip0bjhnn12lvb050j91x64wfhmpk7xlc3p93mxi9g2qczg413nz";
   };