diff --git a/.travis-ci.sh b/.travis-ci.sh
index b2cefd03..d3c715d7 100644
--- a/.travis-ci.sh
+++ b/.travis-ci.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ set -e
 CHROOT_DIR=/tmp/chroot
 
 # Debian package dependencies for the host to run ARM under QEMU
-DEBIAN_MIRROR="http://ftp.debian.org/debian"
+DEBIAN_MIRROR="http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian"
 HOST_DEPENDENCIES="qemu-user-static binfmt-support debootstrap sbuild wget"
 
 # Debian package dependencies for the chrooted environment