diff --git a/daemon/contrib/src/main.mak b/daemon/contrib/src/main.mak
index 7963ac96bf84832b94a198bbfb529dfcd5d21a0d..91643a13271853589cc407318caf0ecdfceee24c 100644
--- a/daemon/contrib/src/main.mak
+++ b/daemon/contrib/src/main.mak
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ VPATH := $(TARBALLS)
 # Common download locations
 GNU := http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu
 SF := http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge
-CONTRIB_VIDEOLAN := ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/contrib
+CONTRIB_VIDEOLAN ?= http://downloads.videolan.org/pub/contrib
 GNUTELEPHONY := https://github.com/dyfet
 
 #