diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix
index 6284655e5e97..9641378f0185 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix
@@ -426,4 +426,9 @@ rec {
     http://sagemath.org/src-old/
   ];
 
+  # MySQL mirrors
+  mysql = [
+    http://mysql.mirrors.pair.com/Downloads/
+    http://cdn.mysql.com/Downloads/
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.1.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.1.x.nix
index b422b9938320..3389f8114896 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.1.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.1.x.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "mysql-5.1.73";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://cdn.mysql.com/Downloads/MySQL-5.1/${name}.tar.gz";
+    url = "mirror://mysql/MySQL-5.1/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "1dfwi4ck0vq6sdci6gz0031s7zz5lc3pddqlgm0292s00l9y5sq5";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.5.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.5.x.nix
index 5c57ae87d202..64fbabb08001 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.5.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.5.x.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "5.5.40";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://mysql.mirrors.pair.com/Downloads/MySQL-5.5/${name}.tar.gz";
+    url = "mirror://mysql/MySQL-5.5/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0q29nzmmxm78b89qjfzgm93r0glaam3xw3zfx1k8ihii39v22dsd";
   };