diff --git a/pkg/hacl/Makefile b/pkg/hacl/Makefile
index 59c238ccbf..edfbeb08ae 100644
--- a/pkg/hacl/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/hacl/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 PKG_NAME=hacl
-PKG_URL=https://github.com/mitls/hacl-c
+# TODO: switch to https://github.com/project-everest/hacl-star
+# backup of last state before upstream was deleted
+PKG_URL=https://github.com/benpicco/hacl-c_archived
 PKG_VERSION=aac05f5094fc92569169d5a2af54c12387160634
 PKG_LICENSE=MIT