diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildcpio.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildcpio.py
index e7fc211a47..00088d0ea0 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildcpio.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildcpio.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class BuildCpioTest(OESDKTestCase):
     """
     def test_cpio(self):
         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-2.13.tar.gz")
+            tarball = self.fetch(testdir, self.td["DL_DIR"], "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.13.tar.gz")
 
             dirs = {}
             dirs["source"] = os.path.join(testdir, "cpio-2.13")