diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 9febda6949..6f68935968 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -478,8 +478,10 @@ (define-public x265
     (source
       (origin
         (method url-fetch)
-        (uri (string-append "https://download.videolan.org/videolan/x265/"
-                            "x265_" version ".tar.gz"))
+        (uri (list (string-append "https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265"
+                                  "/downloads/x265_" version ".tar.gz")
+                   (string-append "https://download.videolan.org/videolan/x265/"
+                                  "x265_" version ".tar.gz")))
         (sha256
          (base32
           "1l68lgdbsi4wjz5vad98ggx7mf92rnvzlq34m6w0a08ark3h0yc2"))