diff --git a/extra/libreoffice-fresh/PKGBUILD b/extra/libreoffice-fresh/PKGBUILD
index d058baa6e..83db2c732 100644
--- a/extra/libreoffice-fresh/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/libreoffice-fresh/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
 #  - disable firebird until libfbclient is updated
+#  - specify a US mirror
 
 buildarch=12
 highmem=1
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ makedepends=('curl>=7.20.0' 'hunspell>=1.2.8' 'python>=3.6' 'libwpd>=0.9.2' 'lib
 	'libexttextcat' 'libcmis' 'gobject-introspection' #'libfbclient'
 	'libtommath' 'libzmf' 'gpgme' 'xmlsec' 'rxvt-unicode')
 
-_mirror="https://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/src/${pkgver}"
+_mirror="http://mirror.sjc02.svwh.net/tdf/libreoffice/src/${pkgver}"
+#_mirror="https://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/src/${pkgver}"
 #_mirror="https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/pre-releases/src"
 _additional_source_url="http://dev-www.libreoffice.org/src"
 _additional_source_url2="http://dev-www.libreoffice.org/extern"