diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/irssi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/irssi/default.nix
index b8940bcd96e0..8c26bf8d10e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/irssi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/irssi/default.nix
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "irssi-0.8.17";
-  
+
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://irssi.org/files/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    urls = [ "https://distfiles.macports.org/irssi/${name}.tar.bz2"
+             "http://irssi.org/files/${name}.tar.bz2"
+           ];
     sha256 = "01v82q2pfiimx6lh271kdvgp8hl4pahc3srg04fqzxgdsb5015iw";
   };
-  
+
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig ncurses glib openssl perl libintlOrEmpty ];
-  
+
   NIX_LDFLAGS = ncurses.ldflags;
-  
+
   configureFlags = "--with-proxy --with-ncurses --enable-ssl --with-perl=yes";
 
   meta = {