diff --git a/package/mpdecimal/mpdecimal.hash b/package/mpdecimal/mpdecimal.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..249d56c561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/mpdecimal/mpdecimal.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# From http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-dev/132315/
+sha256 da74d3cfab559971a4fbd4fb506e1b4498636eb77d0fd09e44f8e546d18ac068 mpdecimal_2.4.1.orig.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/mpdecimal/mpdecimal.mk b/package/mpdecimal/mpdecimal.mk
index 8257c8d042..060750c0ee 100644
--- a/package/mpdecimal/mpdecimal.mk
+++ b/package/mpdecimal/mpdecimal.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-MPDECIMAL_SITE = http://www.bytereef.org/software/mpdecimal/releases
-MPDECIMAL_VERSION = 2.4.0
+# Official site currently down
+# MPDECIMAL_SITE = http://www.bytereef.org/software/mpdecimal/releases
+
+MPDECIMAL_SITE = https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/
+MPDECIMAL_VERSION = 2.4.1
+MPDECIMAL_SOURCE = mpdecimal_$(MPDECIMAL_VERSION).orig.tar.gz
 MPDECIMAL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 MPDECIMAL_LICENSE = BSD-2c
 MPDECIMAL_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt