diff --git a/package/rsync/rsync.mk b/package/rsync/rsync.mk
index 735ce3a0e2..b2813a5906 100644
--- a/package/rsync/rsync.mk
+++ b/package/rsync/rsync.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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 RSYNC_VER:=2.6.3
 RSYNC_SOURCE:=rsync-$(RSYNC_VER).tar.gz
-RSYNC_SITE:=http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/
+RSYNC_SITE:=http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/old-versions
 RSYNC_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/rsync-$(RSYNC_VER)
 RSYNC_CAT:=zcat
 RSYNC_BINARY:=rsync