diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/meta b/packages/devel/boost/meta
index b38da8827c..9e6c477a84 100644
--- a/packages/devel/boost/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/boost/meta
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.boost.org/"
-PKG_URL="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.44.0/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/boost/boost/1.44.0/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS="zlib bzip2"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain boost-jam Python zlib bzip2"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"