diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/autotools.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/autotools.py
index 3f51854e3d..ecafafa7d6 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/autotools.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/autotools.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class AutotoolsTest(OESDKTestCase):
         pmv = parallel_make_value((self.td.get('PARALLEL_MAKE') or '').split())
 
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="cpio-", dir=self.tc.sdk_dir) as testdir:
-            tarball = self.fetch(testdir, self.td["DL_DIR"], "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.15.tar.gz")
+            tarball = self.fetch(testdir, self.td["DL_DIR"], "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.15.tar.gz")
 
             opts = {}
             opts["source"] = os.path.join(testdir, "cpio-2.15")