diff --git a/src/etc/sbopkg/sbopkg.conf b/src/etc/sbopkg/sbopkg.conf
index 9e27b3b..ebe09dc 100644
--- a/src/etc/sbopkg/sbopkg.conf
+++ b/src/etc/sbopkg/sbopkg.conf
@@ -48,3 +48,9 @@ DIFF=${DIFF:-diff}
 DIFFOPTS=${DIFFOPTS:--u}
 RSYNCFLAGS="${RSYNCFLAGS:---verbose --timeout=30}"
 WGETFLAGS="${WGETFLAGS:--c --progress=bar:force --timeout=30 --tries=5}"
+
+# SRC_REPO defaults to "http://slackware.uk/sbosrcarch". To use
+# a different repository, uncomment and edit this variable. The value
+# must be the URL of the directory containing the by-name and by-md5
+# sub directories, and should NOT have a trailing slash.
+# SRC_REPO="http://slackware.uk/sbosrcarch"
diff --git a/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg b/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
index a87845f..20d2dca 100755
--- a/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
+++ b/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
@@ -2891,7 +2891,8 @@ check_source() {
     # - $3 = source file name
     # Returns 0 if the source is OK, 1 if the source should be (re)downloaded
     # (this includes the cases where $3 is empty or refers to a nonexistent
-    # file) and 2 if the user asked to abort the build.
+    # file) and 2 if the user asked to abort the build or 3 if the user
+    # asked to look in the alternate repository
 
     local PKG=$1
     local MD5SUM="$2"
@@ -2931,11 +2932,11 @@ $SRCNAME in $SRCDIR?
 
 You can choose among the following options:
  - (Y)es, keep the source and continue the build process;
- - (N)o, delete the source and abort the build process; or
- - (R)etry download and continue the build process.
-
+ - (N)o, delete the source and abort the build process;
+ - (R)etry download and continue the build process; or
+ - (A)ttempt to download from third party source repository.
 EOF
-            printf "(Y)es, (N)o, (R)etry?: "
+            printf "(Y)es, (N)o, (R)etry, (A)lternative ?: "
             error_read
             case $REPLY in
                 Y|y)
@@ -2953,6 +2954,10 @@ EOF
                     echo "    Downloading again." | tee -a $TMPSUMMARYLOG
                     return 1
                     ;;
+                A|a)
+                    echo "    Searching source repository." | tee -a $TMPSUMMARYLOG
+                    return 3
+                    ;;
                 *)
                     unknown_response
                     ;;
@@ -2988,6 +2993,15 @@ check_cert_prompt() {
     done
 }
 
+make_archive_url() {
+    # Get (and echo) the sbosrcarch URL for a source
+    local MD5SUM=$1
+    local SRCNAME=$2
+
+    local ARCHIVE=${SRC_REPO:-"http://slackware.uk/sbosrcarch"}
+    echo $ARCHIVE/by-md5/${MD5SUM:0:1}/${MD5SUM:1:1}/$MD5SUM/$SRCNAME
+}
+
 get_source() {
     # Check to see if the source tarball exists in the local cache directory.
     # If it does, make a symlink to the package directory in the local mirror.
@@ -3045,6 +3059,9 @@ get_source() {
                     FAILURE=download
                     break 2
                     ;;
+                3 ) # Archive
+                    DOWNLOAD[$i]=$( make_archive_url ${MD5SUM[$i]} ${SRCNAME[$i]} )
+                    ;;
             esac
 
             rm -rf $DLDIR
diff --git a/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt b/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt
index 30956c2..5b913ab 100644
--- a/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt
+++ b/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 SBOPKG NEWS
 
-sbopkg-dev (2016-08-30 23:14:21 UTC)
+sbopkg-dev (2016-08-30 22:19:30 UTC)
+    FEATURES
+        * Added option to download from third party source repository
+          in case the one mentioned in .info failed or having bad checksums.
+        * Added new option in sbopkg.conf: SRC_REPO
+          This is used to define third party source repository
+          sbopkg: Added option to download from third party source.
+
     MODIFICATIONS
         * Do not use wildcard for GPG checking (Fix #19)