diff --git a/share/sgml/mirrors.xml b/share/sgml/mirrors.xml
index 0316b5fcb9..cf5994d38d 100644
--- a/share/sgml/mirrors.xml
+++ b/share/sgml/mirrors.xml
@@ -684,6 +684,11 @@
       <url proto="http">http://ftp7.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
     </host>
 
+    <host type="ftp">
+      <name>ftp8.de.FreeBSD.org</name>
+      <url proto="ftp">ftp://ftp8.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</url>
+    </host>
+
     <host type="cvsup">
       <name>cvsup.de.FreeBSD.org</name>
     </host>