diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/colordiff/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/colordiff/default.nix
index 9b041ae4b2be..53e683561fb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/colordiff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/colordiff/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "colordiff-1.0.16";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.colordiff.org/${name}.tar.gz";
+    urls = [
+      "http://www.colordiff.org/${name}.tar.gz"
+      "http://www.colordiff.org/archive/${name}.tar.gz"
+    ];
     sha256 = "12qkkw13261dra8pg7mzx4r8p9pb0ajb090bib9j1s6hgphwzwga";
   };