diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4accace910..c2dce134c2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -158,7 +158,14 @@ if(LYX_DEPENDENCIES_DOWNLOAD)
 		find_file(already_downloaded ${it} "${LYX_DEPENDENCIES_DIR}/download")
 		if(NOT already_downloaded)
 			message(STATUS "Downloading ${it} ...")
-			file(DOWNLOAD ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/contrib/windows/${it} ${LYX_DEPENDENCIES_DIR}/download/${it} SHOW_PROGRESS)
+			file(DOWNLOAD http://sourceforge.net/projects/scusi/files/${it} ${LYX_DEPENDENCIES_DIR}/download/${it} 
+			              SHOW_PROGRESS STATUS status LOG log)
+			list(GET status 0 status_code)
+			list(GET status 1 status_string)
+			if(NOT status_code EQUAL 0)
+				file(REMOVE ${LYX_DEPENDENCIES_DIR}/${it})
+				message(FATAL_ERROR "error: downloading '${it}' failed. status_code: ${status_code}, status_string: ${status_string}. \nLog: ${log} ")
+			endif()
 			execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar xzf ${LYX_DEPENDENCIES_DIR}/download/${it}
 		                      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${LYX_DEPENDENCIES_DIR})
 		endif()