diff --git a/configs/arm_toolchain_defconfig b/configs/arm_toolchain_defconfig
index e4c181e500..2fc6744e51 100644
--- a/configs/arm_toolchain_defconfig
+++ b/configs/arm_toolchain_defconfig
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/at91rm9200df_defconfig b/configs/at91rm9200df_defconfig
index afa0aaffd8..18fdf69832 100644
--- a/configs/at91rm9200df_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91rm9200df_defconfig
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/at91rm9200df_ext_bare_defconfig b/configs/at91rm9200df_ext_bare_defconfig
index 436c8ffa9a..b7e4c5153d 100644
--- a/configs/at91rm9200df_ext_bare_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91rm9200df_ext_bare_defconfig
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/at91rm9200df_ext_defconfig b/configs/at91rm9200df_ext_defconfig
index d549eacb66..bfe5bf2f2e 100644
--- a/configs/at91rm9200df_ext_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91rm9200df_ext_defconfig
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9260dfc_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9260dfc_defconfig
index 3865f6a9ea..89b5ed4d36 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9260dfc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9260dfc_defconfig
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9260dfc_ext_bare_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9260dfc_ext_bare_defconfig
index 92704d96c9..d5c8837f64 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9260dfc_ext_bare_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9260dfc_ext_bare_defconfig
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9260dfc_ext_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9260dfc_ext_defconfig
index 46218a0e96..dcc086cfb0 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9260dfc_ext_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9260dfc_ext_defconfig
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9261ek_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9261ek_defconfig
index 2f0bd5298e..2c3894b4ca 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9261ek_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9261ek_defconfig
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9261ek_ext_bare_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9261ek_ext_bare_defconfig
index b687190696..56b1357fab 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9261ek_ext_bare_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9261ek_ext_bare_defconfig
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9261ek_ext_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9261ek_ext_defconfig
index afb5fbe22f..1046cbcc29 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9261ek_ext_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9261ek_ext_defconfig
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9263ek_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9263ek_defconfig
index 22c4c0cce6..bd63da569d 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9263ek_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9263ek_defconfig
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9263ek_ext_bare_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9263ek_ext_bare_defconfig
index 4ec46b30f1..d9ffae6bbc 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9263ek_ext_bare_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9263ek_ext_bare_defconfig
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9263ek_ext_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9263ek_ext_defconfig
index f93b10a6eb..2a5716631d 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9263ek_ext_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9263ek_ext_defconfig
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9g20dfc_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9g20dfc_defconfig
index 3b53329183..e03e7a2ed0 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9g20dfc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9g20dfc_defconfig
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9g20dfc_ext_bare_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9g20dfc_ext_bare_defconfig
index 75f65ea1c9..c2f60bb8b5 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9g20dfc_ext_bare_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9g20dfc_ext_bare_defconfig
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/at91sam9g20dfc_ext_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9g20dfc_ext_defconfig
index 053a9aa60a..82b7960dab 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9g20dfc_ext_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9g20dfc_ext_defconfig
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/atngw100-base_defconfig b/configs/atngw100-base_defconfig
index 4b5b63369b..1c0a058ff4 100644
--- a/configs/atngw100-base_defconfig
+++ b/configs/atngw100-base_defconfig
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/atngw100_defconfig b/configs/atngw100_defconfig
index 0c22b90fae..8003c4cfc5 100644
--- a/configs/atngw100_defconfig
+++ b/configs/atngw100_defconfig
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ BR2_STAGING_DIR="$(BASE_DIR)/staging"
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/atstk1005_defconfig b/configs/atstk1005_defconfig
index 213157b9da..54f6e11cdd 100644
--- a/configs/atstk1005_defconfig
+++ b/configs/atstk1005_defconfig
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/atstk100x_defconfig b/configs/atstk100x_defconfig
index bbdf26facb..859794b812 100644
--- a/configs/atstk100x_defconfig
+++ b/configs/atstk100x_defconfig
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/i386_defconfig b/configs/i386_defconfig
index 24814121a5..82b77c3dfa 100644
--- a/configs/i386_defconfig
+++ b/configs/i386_defconfig
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/i686_defconfig b/configs/i686_defconfig
index 066842f418..5aa20c4cbe 100644
--- a/configs/i686_defconfig
+++ b/configs/i686_defconfig
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="easynews"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/integrator926_defconfig b/configs/integrator926_defconfig
index 2c11692562..067dab0e60 100644
--- a/configs/integrator926_defconfig
+++ b/configs/integrator926_defconfig
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="switch"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/configs/integrator926_huge_defconfig b/configs/integrator926_huge_defconfig
index 4aacbcbf8c..e0c1873e5c 100644
--- a/configs/integrator926_huge_defconfig
+++ b/configs/integrator926_huge_defconfig
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ BR2_COPYTO=""
 # Mirrors and Download locations
 #
 BR2_PRIMARY_SITE=""
-BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+BR2_BACKUP_SITE="http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR="switch"
 BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR="http://www.kernel.org/pub/"
 BR2_GNU_MIRROR="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
diff --git a/target/device/Config.in.mirrors b/target/device/Config.in.mirrors
index ec82bfb03e..1af982d2b4 100644
--- a/target/device/Config.in.mirrors
+++ b/target/device/Config.in.mirrors
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ config BR2_PRIMARY_SITE
 
 config BR2_BACKUP_SITE
 	string "Backup download site"
-	default "http://buildroot.net/downloads/sources/"
+	default "http://sources.buildroot.net/"
 	help
 	  Backup site to download from. If this option is set then buildroot
 	  will fall back to download package sources from here if the