diff --git a/package/libmpeg2/libmpeg2.hash b/package/libmpeg2/libmpeg2.hash
index 615d0ea6bf..96b71fb1c8 100644
--- a/package/libmpeg2/libmpeg2.hash
+++ b/package/libmpeg2/libmpeg2.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  dee22e893cb5fc2b2b6ebd60b88478ab8556cb3b93f9a0d7ce8f3b61851871d4  libmpeg2-0.5.1.tar.gz
+sha256  1b3adfb73e7d34ce9259130683d884b0b1af67572c9fd8229d45f55794b6dc0c  libmpeg2-v41f78cf4d30d0da0a24c8ecbc38b0c9dfd43f871.tar.gz
 sha256  32b1062f7da84967e7019d01ab805935caa7ab7321a7ced0e30ebe75e5df1670  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libmpeg2/libmpeg2.mk b/package/libmpeg2/libmpeg2.mk
index db9b2f8bbb..cab800162c 100644
--- a/package/libmpeg2/libmpeg2.mk
+++ b/package/libmpeg2/libmpeg2.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 LIBMPEG2_VERSION = 0.5.1
-LIBMPEG2_SITE = http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/files
+# Gitlab repository does not have a 0.5.1 git tag,
+# use the corresponding commit sha instead
+LIBMPEG2_VERSION_SHA = 41f78cf4d30d0da0a24c8ecbc38b0c9dfd43f871
+LIBMPEG2_SOURCE = libmpeg2-v$(LIBMPEG2_VERSION_SHA).tar.gz
+LIBMPEG2_SITE = https://code.videolan.org/videolan/libmpeg2/-/archive/$(LIBMPEG2_VERSION_SHA)
 LIBMPEG2_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 LIBMPEG2_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBMPEG2_INSTALL_STAGING = YES