diff --git a/package/php-geoip/php-geoip.mk b/package/php-geoip/php-geoip.mk
index 99f74e043e..e871bc15b7 100644
--- a/package/php-geoip/php-geoip.mk
+++ b/package/php-geoip/php-geoip.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 
 PHP_GEOIP_VERSION = 1.1.0
 PHP_GEOIP_SOURCE = geoip-$(PHP_GEOIP_VERSION).tgz
-PHP_GEOIP_SITE = http://pecl.php.net/get
+# pecl.php.net returns html with db connect failed
+PHP_GEOIP_SITE = http://sources.buildroot.net
 PHP_GEOIP_CONF_OPT = --with-php-config=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/php-config \
 	--with-geoip=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 # phpize does the autoconf magic