diff --git a/general/graphlib/fribidi.xml b/general/graphlib/fribidi.xml
index 531aae31e0..baff812937 100644
--- a/general/graphlib/fribidi.xml
+++ b/general/graphlib/fribidi.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
   %general-entities;
 
-  <!ENTITY fribidi-download-http "https://www.fribidi.org/download/fribidi-&fribidi-version;.tar.bz2">
+  <!ENTITY fribidi-download-http "https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/archive/&fribidi-version;/fribidi-&fribidi-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY fribidi-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY fribidi-md5sum        "6c7e7cfdd39c908f7ac619351c1c5c23">
-  <!ENTITY fribidi-size          "636 KB">
+  <!ENTITY fribidi-md5sum        "dbe2f2bf3ba0307d75885b21d6cceb2c">
+  <!ENTITY fribidi-size          "324 KB">
   <!ENTITY fribidi-buildsize     "6.7 MB (with tests)">
   <!ENTITY fribidi-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
       commands:
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>./bootstrap              &amp;&amp;
+./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>