diff --git a/media-sound/opensound/opensound-4.2_git.recipe b/media-sound/opensound/opensound-4.2_git.recipe
index 561aab2d00..72716c7434 100644
--- a/media-sound/opensound/opensound-4.2_git.recipe
+++ b/media-sound/opensound/opensound-4.2_git.recipe
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ HOMEPAGE="http://developer.opensound.com/"
 COPYRIGHT="1996-2008 Hannu Savolainen and Dev Mazumdar"
 LICENSE="BSD (2-clause)"
 REVISION="2"
-SOURCE_URI="git://opensound.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/opensound/opensound#f6048993e04bb50e8e98b7e4f4eadfae3e736fec"
+
+COMMIT="f6048993e04bb50e8e98b7e4f4eadfae3e736fec"
+SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/OldRepoPreservation/opensound/archive/$COMMIT.tar.gz
+git://opensound.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/opensound/opensound#$COMMIT"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="bd8000fecb37e63294614598777bedda693cbc419e4e56aef74385025245249c"
+SOURCE_DIR="opensound-$COMMIT"
 PATCHES="opensound-4.2_git.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 ?x86"
@@ -55,4 +60,4 @@ INSTALL()
 	make build SYSTEM_DIR=system
 	copyattr -d -r prototype/system/* $prefix/
 	copyattr -d -r prototype/home/config/settings/* $settingsDir/
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}