diff --git a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
index 053988c8db..1c6e512487 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Tomáš Čech <sleep_walker@gnu.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Jelle Licht <jlicht@fsfe.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -340,14 +340,15 @@ downloads, download scheduling, download rate limiting.")
 (define-public mktorrent
   (package
     (name "mktorrent")
-    (version "1.0")
+    (version "1.1")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/mktorrent/mktorrent/"
-                                  version "/" name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/Rudde/mktorrent/archive/v"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "17qi3nfky240pq6qcmf5qg324mxm83vk9r3nvsdhsvinyqm5d3kg"))))
+                "1j9qc4fxa9isnaygqk6jazsiklqywl2wcs95b8dx01963407bx6h"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@ downloads, download scheduling, download rate limiting.")
                           "USE_LONG_OPTIONS=1"
                           "USE_PTHREADS=1")
        #:tests? #f))                            ; no tests
-    (home-page "http://mktorrent.sourceforge.net/")
+    (home-page "https://github.com/Rudde/mktorrent")
     (synopsis "Utility to create BitTorrent metainfo files")
     (description "mktorrent is a simple command-line utility to create
 BitTorrent @dfn{metainfo} files, often known simply as @dfn{torrents}, from