diff --git a/include/download.mk b/include/download.mk
index a638e69382c..c69d84939c0 100644
--- a/include/download.mk
+++ b/include/download.mk
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ define dl_method
 $(strip \
   $(if $(filter git,$(2)),$(call dl_method_git,$(1),$(2)),
     $(if $(2),$(2), \
-      $(if $(filter @APACHE/% @GITHUB/% @GNOME/% @GNU/% @KERNEL/% @SF/% @SAVANNAH/% ftp://% http://% https://% file://%,$(1)),default, \
+      $(if $(filter @OPENWRT @APACHE/% @GITHUB/% @GNOME/% @GNU/% @KERNEL/% @SF/% @SAVANNAH/% ftp://% http://% https://% file://%,$(1)),default, \
         $(if $(filter git://%,$(1)),$(call dl_method_git,$(1),$(2)), \
           $(if $(filter svn://%,$(1)),svn, \
             $(if $(filter cvs://%,$(1)),cvs, \
diff --git a/package/boot/fconfig/Makefile b/package/boot/fconfig/Makefile
index 9b806fe97cd..5784477bf43 100644
--- a/package/boot/fconfig/Makefile
+++ b/package/boot/fconfig/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PKG_VERSION:=20080329
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://downloads.openwrt.org/sources
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@OPENWRT
 PKG_HASH:=4ff0e8f07e35e46b705c0dbe9d9544ede01ea092a69e3f7db03e55a3f2bb8eb7
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
diff --git a/package/firmware/b43legacy-firmware/Makefile b/package/firmware/b43legacy-firmware/Makefile
index 9b9c0070b28..ecbfc322930 100644
--- a/package/firmware/b43legacy-firmware/Makefile
+++ b/package/firmware/b43legacy-firmware/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PKG_VERSION:=3.130.20.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=wl_apsta-$(PKG_VERSION).o
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://downloads.openwrt.org/sources
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@OPENWRT
 PKG_HASH:=7dba610b1d96dd14e901bcbce14cd6ecd1b1ac6f5c0035b0d6b6dc46a7c3ef90
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
diff --git a/package/firmware/lantiq/dsl-vrx200-firmware-xdsl/Makefile b/package/firmware/lantiq/dsl-vrx200-firmware-xdsl/Makefile
index a076fe2596a..649325601c3 100644
--- a/package/firmware/lantiq/dsl-vrx200-firmware-xdsl/Makefile
+++ b/package/firmware/lantiq/dsl-vrx200-firmware-xdsl/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKG_NAME:=dsl_vr9_firmware_xdsl
 PKG_VERSION:=05.08.01.08.01.06_05.08.00.0B.01.01_osc
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@OPENWRT
 PKG_HASH:=44cd94130571fe42dfa8f0f9d44597d104e9e77962617fe38646b7a0b4184a2b
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=bsdiff/host
 
diff --git a/package/kernel/broadcom-wl/Makefile b/package/kernel/broadcom-wl/Makefile
index 661c7f05897..7188c4900ea 100644
--- a/package/kernel/broadcom-wl/Makefile
+++ b/package/kernel/broadcom-wl/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PKG_VERSION:=5.10.56.27.3
 PKG_RELEASE:=10
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)_$(ARCH).tar.bz2
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://downloads.openwrt.org/sources
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@OPENWRT
 
 ifeq ($(ARCH),mipsel)
 PKG_HASH:=26a8c370f48fc129d0731cfd751c36cae1419b0bc8ca35781126744e60eae009
diff --git a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-adsl/Makefile b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-adsl/Makefile
index 1a9128fc582..b2e1ccb6405 100644
--- a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-adsl/Makefile
+++ b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-adsl/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PKG_VERSION:=3.24.4.4
 PKG_RELEASE:=3
 PKG_SOURCE:=drv_dsl_cpe_api_danube-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/ltq-dsl-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/drv_dsl_cpe_api-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@OPENWRT
 PKG_HASH:=eb2ed59715d3bf4e8a1460bbbe2f1660039e0a9f9d72afb1b2b16590094eb33c
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
 
diff --git a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-tapi/Makefile b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-tapi/Makefile
index 072041c5897..a04f7d38e55 100644
--- a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-tapi/Makefile
+++ b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-tapi/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PKG_VERSION:=3.13.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=4
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=drv_tapi-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@OPENWRT
 PKG_HASH:=109374d52872716570fca3fef3b93c9a93159a804dfd42484b19152b825af5c0
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
 
diff --git a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl-mei/Makefile b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl-mei/Makefile
index 5d15f2650b4..4a305d9c277 100644
--- a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl-mei/Makefile
+++ b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl-mei/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PKG_RELEASE:=4
 PKG_BASE_NAME:=drv_mei_cpe
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_BASE_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_BASE_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@OPENWRT
 PKG_HASH:=94f6904364348b7f74087e721968abc28b2564fb9bd8899aa930d36490387662
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_FLAGS:=nonshared
diff --git a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl/Makefile b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl/Makefile
index d518bd647da..c09c88057f8 100644
--- a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl/Makefile
+++ b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PKG_RELEASE:=3
 PKG_BASE_NAME:=drv_dsl_cpe_api
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_BASE_NAME)_vrx-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_BASE_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@OPENWRT
 PKG_HASH:=b4966a60653acc49254b168c6cc9c49eb36c54548e763617788aa4f252a29f21
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0 BSD-2-Clause
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
diff --git a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vmmc/Makefile b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vmmc/Makefile
index 586d9f6c75e..c733345cfa8 100644
--- a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vmmc/Makefile
+++ b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vmmc/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PKG_RELEASE:=4
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_HASH:=707f515eb727c032418c4da67d7e86884bb56cdc2a606e8f6ded6057d8767e57
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@OPENWRT
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
 
 PKG_CHECK_FORMAT_SECURITY:=0
diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/broadcom.mk b/package/kernel/mac80211/broadcom.mk
index fb8071e7474..fb576c5809a 100644
--- a/package/kernel/mac80211/broadcom.mk
+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/broadcom.mk
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_B43_FW_5_10),)
   PKG_B43_FWV4_VERSION:=5.10.56.27.3
   PKG_B43_FWV4_OBJECT:=$(PKG_B43_FWV4_NAME)-$(PKG_B43_FWV4_VERSION)/driver/wl_apsta/wl_prebuilt.o
   PKG_B43_FWV4_SOURCE:=$(PKG_B43_FWV4_NAME)-$(PKG_B43_FWV4_VERSION)_mipsel.tar.bz2
-  PKG_B43_FWV4_SOURCE_URL:=http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/
+  PKG_B43_FWV4_SOURCE_URL:=@OPENWRT
   PKG_B43_FWV4_HASH:=26a8c370f48fc129d0731cfd751c36cae1419b0bc8ca35781126744e60eae009
 else
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_B43_FW_4_178),)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_B43_FW_4_178),)
   PKG_B43_FWV4_VERSION:=4.178.10.4
   PKG_B43_FWV4_OBJECT:=$(PKG_B43_FWV4_NAME)-$(PKG_B43_FWV4_VERSION)/linux/wl_apsta.o
   PKG_B43_FWV4_SOURCE:=$(PKG_B43_FWV4_NAME)-$(PKG_B43_FWV4_VERSION).tar.bz2
-  PKG_B43_FWV4_SOURCE_URL:=http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/
+  PKG_B43_FWV4_SOURCE_URL:=@OPENWRT
   PKG_B43_FWV4_HASH:=32f6ad98facbb9045646fdc8b54bb03086d204153253f9c65d0234a5d90ae53f
 else
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_B43_FW_5_100_138),)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ else
   PKG_B43_FWV4_VERSION:=4.150.10.5
   PKG_B43_FWV4_OBJECT:=$(PKG_B43_FWV4_NAME)-$(PKG_B43_FWV4_VERSION)/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o
   PKG_B43_FWV4_SOURCE:=$(PKG_B43_FWV4_NAME)-$(PKG_B43_FWV4_VERSION).tar.bz2
-  PKG_B43_FWV4_SOURCE_URL:=http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/
+  PKG_B43_FWV4_SOURCE_URL:=@OPENWRT
   PKG_B43_FWV4_HASH:=a9f4e276a4d8d3a1cd0f2eb87080ae89b77f0a7140f06d4e9e2135fc44fdd533
 endif
 endif
diff --git a/package/network/config/ltq-adsl-app/Makefile b/package/network/config/ltq-adsl-app/Makefile
index cfd66d0ee43..38d2ef06a58 100644
--- a/package/network/config/ltq-adsl-app/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/config/ltq-adsl-app/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PKG_VERSION:=3.24.4.4
 PKG_RELEASE:=9
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/dsl_cpe_control-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@OPENWRT
 PKG_HASH:=af0bdf45cc7a62e2b38d39aad4924dd83c24fae170ae5bbd8190c2a3d9106257
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/package/network/config/ltq-vdsl-app/Makefile b/package/network/config/ltq-vdsl-app/Makefile
index 5e2db1d5c60..2d300fbb27a 100644
--- a/package/network/config/ltq-vdsl-app/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/config/ltq-vdsl-app/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PKG_VERSION:=4.17.18.6
 PKG_RELEASE:=5
 PKG_BASE_NAME:=dsl_cpe_control
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_BASE_NAME)_vrx-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@OPENWRT
 PKG_HASH:=da8bb929526a61aea0e153ef524331fcd472a1ebbc6d88ca017735a4f82ece02
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_BASE_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-2-Clause
diff --git a/scripts/download.pl b/scripts/download.pl
index 61af0a04295..e13405033f0 100755
--- a/scripts/download.pl
+++ b/scripts/download.pl
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ foreach my $mirror (@ARGV) {
 		for (1 .. 5) {
 			push @mirrors, "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/$1";
 		}
+	} elsif ($mirror =~ /^\@OPENWRT$/) {
+		# use OpenWrt source server directly
 	} elsif ($mirror =~ /^\@APACHE\/(.+)$/) {
 		push @mirrors, "https://mirror.netcologne.de/apache.org/$1";
 		push @mirrors, "https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/apache/$1";
diff --git a/tools/lzma-old/Makefile b/tools/lzma-old/Makefile
index 4ccd336ed03..21e7428c07b 100644
--- a/tools/lzma-old/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lzma-old/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKG_NAME:=lzma-old
 PKG_VERSION:=4.32
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=lzma-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://downloads.openwrt.org/sources
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@OPENWRT
 PKG_HASH:=49053e4bb5e0646a841d250d9cb81f7714f5fff04a133216c4748163567acc3d
 
 HOST_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR_HOST)/lzma-$(PKG_VERSION)
diff --git a/tools/lzma/Makefile b/tools/lzma/Makefile
index 04c427a3a94..b87289e385d 100644
--- a/tools/lzma/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lzma/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKG_NAME:=lzma
 PKG_VERSION:=4.65
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://downloads.openwrt.org/sources
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@OPENWRT
 PKG_HASH:=dcbdb5f4843eff638e4a5e8be0e2486a3c5483df73c70823618db8e66f609ec2
 
 HOST_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR_HOST)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)