diff --git a/python-urllib3.spec b/python-urllib3.spec
index 1800146..4ed7ee2 100644
--- a/python-urllib3.spec
+++ b/python-urllib3.spec
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 %{!?python2_sitearch: %global python2_sitearch %(%{__python2} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1))")}
 %endif
 
+%global commit 585983ab3f7fb7a0e0b223ebdab1b45471dbefe4
+%global shortcommit %(c=%{commit}; echo ${c:0:7})
+%global checkout 20150429git%{shortcommit}
+
+%global gh_owner shazow
+%global gh_project urllib3
+
 %if 0%{?fedora}
 %global with_python3 1
 %endif
@@ -12,12 +19,12 @@
 
 Name:           python-%{srcname}
 Version:        1.10.3
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2.%{checkout}%{?dist}
 Summary:        Python HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling and file post
 
 License:        MIT
 URL:            http://urllib3.readthedocs.org/
-Source0:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/u/%{srcname}/%{srcname}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:        https://github.com/%{gh_owner}/%{gh_project}/archive/%{commit}/%{gh_project}-%{commit}.tar.gz
 Source1:        ssl_match_hostname_py3.py
 
 # Remove logging-clear-handlers from setup.cfg because it's not available in RHEL6's nose
@@ -68,7 +75,8 @@ Python3 HTTP module with connection pooling and file POST abilities.
 
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n %{srcname}-%{version}
+#%%setup -q -n %{srcname}-%{version}
+%setup -q -n %{gh_project}-%{commit}
 
 # Drop the dummyserver tests in koji.  They fail there in real builds, but not
 # in scratch builds (weird).
@@ -167,8 +175,8 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{python3_sitelib}/__pycache__*
 %endif # with_python3
 
 %changelog
-* Thu Apr 23 2015 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 1.10.3-1
-- new version
+* Wed Apr 29 2015 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 1.10.3-2.20150429git585983a
+- Grab a git snapshot to get around this chunked encoding failure.
 
 * Wed Apr 22 2015 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 1.10.3-1
 - new version