diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index 69b580e5a..6837cd294 100755
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ function install_kafka {
     echo_summary "Install Monasca Kafka"
 
     local kafka_tarball=kafka_${KAFKA_VERSION}.tgz
-    local kafka_tarball_url=${APACHE_MIRROR}kafka/${BASE_KAFKA_VERSION}/${kafka_tarball}
+    local kafka_tarball_url=${APACHE_ARCHIVES}kafka/${BASE_KAFKA_VERSION}/${kafka_tarball}
 
     local kafka_tarball_dest
     kafka_tarball_dest=`get_extra_file ${kafka_tarball_url}`
diff --git a/devstack/settings b/devstack/settings
index f5a8c3725..4f917875a 100644
--- a/devstack/settings
+++ b/devstack/settings
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ MONASCA_DATABASE_USE_ORM=false
 DOWNLOAD_FILE_TIMEOUT=${DOWNLOAD_FILE_TIMEOUT:-30}
 PLUGIN_FILES=$MONASCA_API_DIR/devstack/files
 # APACHE_MIRROR=  # force specific APACHE_MIRROR if the one that got picked fails
+# Apache Kafka 0.9.0.1 is only available in Apache Archives
+APACHE_ARCHIVES=${APACHE_ARCHIVES:-"https://archive.apache.org/dist/"}
 
 # Public configuration
 ## monasca-statsd