diff --git a/gentoo-2024.8/gentoo.txt b/gentoo-2024.8/gentoo.txt
index 569e46b..e4aca65 100644
--- a/gentoo-2024.8/gentoo.txt
+++ b/gentoo-2024.8/gentoo.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ FETCHCOMMAND="$FETCHCOMMAND" MAKEOPTS=-j1 ./portage/bin/emerge -O1 app-arch/lzip
 FETCHCOMMAND="$FETCHCOMMAND" MAKEOPTS=-j1 ./portage/bin/emerge -O1 dev-build/make
 FETCHCOMMAND="$FETCHCOMMAND" ./portage/bin/emerge -O1 net-misc/wget
 
+# optional: Allow retrieving files from HTTPS alternatives when removed from the HTTP distfiles mirrors
+export FETCHCOMMAND='wget --no-check-certificate -t 3 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"'
+
 # Upgrade python so we can use it to cross-compile later on
 ./portage/bin/emerge -O1 dev-build/autoconf-wrapper
 ./portage/bin/emerge -O1 dev-build/autoconf