diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 775469d..9af943b 100755
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -195,7 +195,11 @@ uri_fetch_mirror() {
 	local uri="$1"
 	local d="${uri##*/}"	# $(basename $uri)
 	if [ -n "$DISTFILES_MIRROR" ]; then
-		uri_fetch "$DISTFILES_MIRROR"/$d && return 0
+		if is_remote "$DISTFILES_MIRROR"; then
+			uri_fetch "$DISTFILES_MIRROR"/$d && return 0
+		else
+			cp "$DISTFILES_MIRROR"/$d "$SRCDEST" && return 0
+		fi
 	fi
 	uri_fetch "$uri"
 }