diff --git a/bin/sde-check-package b/bin/sde-check-package
index 2416265..14d193f 100755
--- a/bin/sde-check-package
+++ b/bin/sde-check-package
@@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ check_package() {
 			;;
 		esac
 
-		[ -z "$cvurl" ] || url="$cvurl"
+		if [ -n "$cvurl" ]; then
+			url="$cvurl"
+		elif [ -s "$SDEROOT/etc/check_package.sed" ]; then
+			# translate
+			url=$(echo "$url" | sed -f "$SDEROOT/etc/check_package.sed")
+		fi
 
 		x="${url%%:*}"
 		case "$x" in
diff --git a/etc/check_package.sed b/etc/check_package.sed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..207ab97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/check_package.sed
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sed
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: etc/check_package.sed
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2009 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2005 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+s,^http://\(.*\.\)\?dl\.\(sourceforge\|sf\)\.net/,http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/,