diff --git a/tests/test_urls.py b/tests/test_urls.py
index ff0447aa..e53c465f 100644
--- a/tests/test_urls.py
+++ b/tests/test_urls.py
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ OLD_OPENSUSE_URL = "http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/%
 OPENSUSE_URL = "http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/%s/repo/oss/"
 
 OLD_UBUNTU_URL = "http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/%s/main/installer-%s"
-UBUNTU_URL = "http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/%s/main/installer-%s"
+UBUNTU_URL = "http://us.archive.ubuntu.com:80/ubuntu/dists/%s/main/installer-%s"
 
 OLD_DEBIAN_URL = "http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/%s/main/installer-%s/"
 DAILY_DEBIAN_URL = "http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/%s/"
-DEBIAN_URL = "ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/%s/main/installer-%s/"
+DEBIAN_URL = "ftp://ftp.us.debian.org:21/debian/dists/%s/main/installer-%s/"
 
 MAGEIA_URL = "http://distro.ibiblio.org/mageia/distrib/%s/%s"
 
diff --git a/virtinst/urlfetcher.py b/virtinst/urlfetcher.py
index 611c8579..a4e36415 100644
--- a/virtinst/urlfetcher.py
+++ b/virtinst/urlfetcher.py
@@ -218,8 +218,9 @@ class _FTPURLFetcher(_URLFetcher):
             return
 
         try:
-            server = urlparse.urlparse(self.location)[1]
-            self._ftp = ftplib.FTP(server)
+            parsed = urlparse.urlparse(self.location)
+            self._ftp = ftplib.FTP()
+            self._ftp.connect(parsed.hostname, parsed.port)
             self._ftp.login()
         except Exception, e:
             raise ValueError(_("Opening URL %s failed: %s.") %