diff --git a/tools/linux_packaging/build b/tools/linux_packaging/build
index 1928fadd8f..b332365407 100755
--- a/tools/linux_packaging/build
+++ b/tools/linux_packaging/build
@@ -530,8 +530,8 @@ done
 
 if test x$WITH_HARVID != x ; then
 	cd $APPBIN
-	HARVID_VERSION="v0.7.0" # todo make 'latest' symlink on github work somehow.
-	curl -L http://x42.github.com/harvid/releases/harvid-${MULTIARCH}-${HARVID_VERSION}.tgz \
+	HARVID_VERSION=$(curl http://ardour.org/files/video-tools/latest_version_numer.txt)
+	curl -L http://ardour.org/files/video-tools/harvid-${MULTIARCH}-${HARVID_VERSION}.tgz \
 		| tar -x -z --exclude=README --exclude=harvid.1 --strip-components=1 || exit 1
 	cd -
 fi