diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 31d9311d5b..865d0e3fba 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ (define-public libx264
     (version "20160220-2245")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/x264/snapshots/"
+              (uri (string-append "http://download.videolan.org/pub/x264/snapshots/"
                                   "x264-snapshot-" version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32