diff --git a/lib/functions/configuration/main-config.sh b/lib/functions/configuration/main-config.sh
index 0d8079f2d..b958fa0aa 100644
--- a/lib/functions/configuration/main-config.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/configuration/main-config.sh
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ function do_extra_configuration() {
 	fi
 
 	DEBIAN_MIRROR='deb.debian.org/debian'
+	DEBIAN_OLD_MIRROR='archive.debian.org/debian'
 	DEBIAN_SECURTY='security.debian.org/'
 	[[ "${ARCH}" == "amd64" ]] &&
 		UBUNTU_MIRROR='archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/' ||
diff --git a/lib/functions/rootfs/distro-specific.sh b/lib/functions/rootfs/distro-specific.sh
index d0bf30ec2..4dc12dfbe 100644
--- a/lib/functions/rootfs/distro-specific.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/rootfs/distro-specific.sh
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ function create_sources_list_and_deploy_repo_key() {
 				deb http://${DEBIAN_MIRROR} ${release}-updates main contrib non-free
 				#deb-src http://${DEBIAN_MIRROR} ${release}-updates main contrib non-free
 
-				deb http://${DEBIAN_MIRROR} ${release}-backports main contrib non-free
-				#deb-src http://${DEBIAN_MIRROR} ${release}-backports main contrib non-free
+				deb http://${DEBIAN_OLD_MIRROR} ${release}-backports main contrib non-free
+				#deb-src http://${DEBIAN_OLD_MIRROR} ${release}-backports main contrib non-free
 
 				deb http://${DEBIAN_SECURTY} ${release}/updates main contrib non-free
 				#deb-src http://${DEBIAN_SECURTY} ${release}/updates main contrib non-free