diff --git a/contrib/src/ffmpeg/rules.mak b/contrib/src/ffmpeg/rules.mak
index a7f2fa218523b2b2a6375b9b0f00dd65f682218c..367bc498681f04b844f38c6e7c995f8f5e8d4386 100644
--- a/contrib/src/ffmpeg/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/ffmpeg/rules.mak
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ifdef USE_FFMPEG
 FFMPEG_HASH=HEAD
 FFMPEG_SNAPURL := http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=snapshot;h=$(FFMPEG_HASH);sf=tgz
-FFMPEG_GITURL := git://git.videolan.org/ffmpeg.git
+FFMPEG_GITURL := http://git.videolan.org/git/ffmpeg.git
 else
 FFMPEG_HASH=HEAD
 FFMPEG_SNAPURL := http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=snapshot;h=$(FFMPEG_HASH);sf=tgz