diff --git a/meta/classes/mirrors.bbclass b/meta/classes/mirrors.bbclass
index 0f98479373..488b86d33a 100644
--- a/meta/classes/mirrors.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/mirrors.bbclass
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ ftp://lsof.itap.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof/  ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/sites/vic
 ftp://lsof.itap.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof/  ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/utils/admin-tools/lsof/ \n \
 ftp://lsof.itap.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof/  ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/lsof/ \n \
 ftp://lsof.itap.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof/  ftp://the.wiretapped.net/pub/security/host-security/lsof/ \n \
-http://www.eu.apache.org/dist  http://www.us.apache.org/dist \n \
+${APACHE_MIRROR}  http://www.us.apache.org/dist \n \
+${APACHE_MIRROR}  http://archive.apache.org/dist \n \
 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/watchdog/ http://fossies.org/linux/misc/ \n \
 ${SAVANNAH_GNU_MIRROR} http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases \n \
 ${SAVANNAH_NONGNU_MIRROR} http://download-mirror.savannah.nongnu.org/releases \n \