diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-sip/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-sip/default.nix
index 34daf294358d..7c1eca027459 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-sip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-sip/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "sip-4.13.2";
   
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Downloads/sip4/${name}.tar.gz";
+    urls = [
+      "http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Downloads/sip4/${name}.tar.gz"
+      "http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/sip/${name}.tar.gz/5a12ea8e8a09b879ed2b3817e30fbc84/${name}.tar.gz"
+    ];
     sha256 = "1gzff61bi22g6fkdg9iya4q2qfdkwxs19v4rhhf8x4bm7hszbhsb";
   };