diff --git a/include/download.mk b/include/download.mk
index 8a1205df00f..ca5eee4e028 100644
--- a/include/download.mk
+++ b/include/download.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DOWNLOAD_RDEP=$(STAMP_PREPARED) $(HOST_STAMP_PREPARED)
 define dl_method
 $(strip \
   $(if $(2),$(2), \
-    $(if $(filter @GNOME/% @GNU/% @KERNEL/% @SF/% @SAVANNAH/% ftp://% http://% https://% file://%,$(1)),default, \
+    $(if $(filter @APACHE/% @GNOME/% @GNU/% @KERNEL/% @SF/% @SAVANNAH/% ftp://% http://% https://% file://%,$(1)),default, \
       $(if $(filter git://%,$(1)),git, \
         $(if $(filter svn://%,$(1)),svn, \
           $(if $(filter cvs://%,$(1)),cvs, \
diff --git a/scripts/download.pl b/scripts/download.pl
index 9d1fe4755ae..25c73fbeb52 100755
--- a/scripts/download.pl
+++ b/scripts/download.pl
@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ foreach my $mirror (@ARGV) {
 		for (1 .. 5) {
 			push @mirrors, "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/$1";
 		}
+	} elsif ($mirror =~ /^\@APACHE\/(.+)$/) {
+		push @mirrors, "http://ftp.tudelft.nl/apache/$1";
+		push @mirrors, "http://apache.openmirror.de/$1";
+		push @mirrors, "http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/apache/$1";
+		push @mirrors, "http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/pub/software/apache/$1";
+		push @mirrors, "http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/apache/$1";
 	} elsif ($mirror =~ /^\@GNU\/(.+)$/) {
 		push @mirrors, "http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/$1";
 		push @mirrors, "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/$1";