diff --git a/package/ipkg/ipkg.mk b/package/ipkg/ipkg.mk
index 1b9ef2448c..da5fe9051d 100644
--- a/package/ipkg/ipkg.mk
+++ b/package/ipkg/ipkg.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 IPKG_VERSION = 0.99.163
 IPKG_SOURCE = ipkg-$(IPKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-IPKG_SITE = ftp://ftp.handhelds.org/packages/ipkg
+IPKG_SITE = http://ftp.handhelds.org/packages/ipkg
 IPKG_AUTORECONF = NO
 IPKG_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 IPKG_INSTALL_TARGET = YES