diff --git a/packages/devel/pcre/package.mk b/packages/devel/pcre/package.mk
index f5448cc94c..9de97aaf6b 100644
--- a/packages/devel/pcre/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/pcre/package.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PKG_VERSION="8.45"
 PKG_SHA256="4dae6fdcd2bb0bb6c37b5f97c33c2be954da743985369cddac3546e3218bffb8"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.pcre.org/"
-PKG_URL="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pcre/pcre/${PKG_VERSION}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="${SOURCEFORGE_SRC}/pcre/${PKG_NAME}/${PKG_VERSION}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain pcre:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A set of functions that implement regular expression pattern matching."