diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
index 4f64afe3d92b..1356915c1fac 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ common = rec { # attributes common to both builds
   version = "10.1.21";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url    = "https://downloads.mariadb.org/interstitial/mariadb-${version}/source/mariadb-${version}.tar.gz";
+    url    = "https://downloads.mariadb.org/f/mariadb-${version}/source/mariadb-${version}.tar.gz/from/http%3A//ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/archive.mariadb.org/?serve";
     sha256 = "144lcm5awcf0k6a7saqfr4p2kg8r5wbdhdm4cmn2m8hyg1an70as";
+    name   = "mariadb-${version}.tar.gz";
   };
 
   prePatch = ''