diff --git a/package/tzdata/tzdata.mk b/package/tzdata/tzdata.mk
index 48a0196f53..39fc2629d2 100644
--- a/package/tzdata/tzdata.mk
+++ b/package/tzdata/tzdata.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 TZDATA_VERSION = 2015g
 TZDATA_SOURCE = tzdata$(TZDATA_VERSION).tar.gz
-TZDATA_SITE = ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases
+TZDATA_SITE = http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases
 TZDATA_STRIP_COMPONENTS = 0
 TZDATA_DEPENDENCIES = host-tzdata
 HOST_TZDATA_DEPENDENCIES = host-zic