diff --git a/osc/build.py b/osc/build.py
index 435749ea..97117d54 100644
--- a/osc/build.py
+++ b/osc/build.py
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ class Buildinfo:
         self.keys = []
         self.prjkeys = []
         self.pathes = []
+        self.urls = {}
         self.modules = []
         for node in root.findall('module'):
             self.modules.append(node.text)
@@ -174,7 +175,12 @@ class Buildinfo:
                 self.projects[p.project] = 1
             self.deps.append(p)
         for node in root.findall('path'):
+            # old simple list for compatibility
+            # XXX: really old? This is currently used for kiwi builds
             self.pathes.append(node.get('project')+"/"+node.get('repository'))
+            # a hash providing the matching URL for specific repos for newer OBS instances
+            if node.get('url'):
+                self.urls[node.get('project')+"/"+node.get('repository')] = node.get('url') + '/%(arch)s/%(filename)s'
 
         self.vminstall_list = [ dep.name for dep in self.deps if dep.vminstall ]
         self.preinstall_list = [ dep.name for dep in self.deps if dep.preinstall ]
@@ -1024,7 +1030,9 @@ def main(apiurl, opts, argv):
             else:
                 urllist = config['urllist']
 
-        # OBS 1.5 and before has no downloadurl defined in buildinfo
+        # OBS 1.5 and before has no downloadurl defined in buildinfo, but it is obsolete again meanwhile.
+        # we have now specific download repositories per repository. Could be removed IMHO, since the api fallback
+        # is there. In worst case it could fetch the wrong rpm...
         if bi.downloadurl:
             urllist.append(bi.downloadurl + '/%(extproject)s/%(extrepository)s/%(arch)s/%(filename)s')
     if opts.disable_cpio_bulk_download:
diff --git a/osc/fetch.py b/osc/fetch.py
index 95efa191..3c1432cb 100644
--- a/osc/fetch.py
+++ b/osc/fetch.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class Fetcher:
             self.progress_obj = create_text_meter(use_pb_fallback=False)
 
         self.cachedir = cachedir
+        # generic download URL lists
         self.urllist = urllist
         self.modules = modules
         self.http_debug = http_debug
@@ -193,17 +194,26 @@ class Fetcher:
                 print(e, file=sys.stderr)
                 sys.exit(1)
 
+    def _build_urllist(self, buildinfo, pac):
+        urllist = self.urllist
+        key = '%s/%s' % (pac.project, pac.repository)
+        project_repo_url = buildinfo.urls.get(key)
+        if project_repo_url is not None:
+            urllist = [project_repo_url]
+        return urllist
+
     def run(self, buildinfo):
         cached = 0
         all = len(buildinfo.deps)
         for i in buildinfo.deps:
-            i.makeurls(self.cachedir, self.urllist)
+            urllist = self._build_urllist(buildinfo, i)
+            i.makeurls(self.cachedir, urllist)
             # find container extension by looking in the cache
             if i.name.startswith('container:') and i.fullfilename.endswith('.tar.xz'):
                 for ext in ['.tar.xz', '.tar.gz', '.tar']:
                     if os.path.exists(i.fullfilename[:-7] + ext):
                         i.canonname = i.canonname[:-7] + ext
-                        i.makeurls(self.cachedir, self.urllist)
+                        i.makeurls(self.cachedir, urllist)
 
             if os.path.exists(i.fullfilename):
                 cached += 1
@@ -216,6 +226,7 @@ class Fetcher:
                     if not hdrmd5 or hdrmd5 != i.hdrmd5:
                         os.unlink(i.fullfilename)
                         cached -= 1
+
         miss = 0
         needed = all - cached
         if all:
@@ -223,7 +234,6 @@ class Fetcher:
         print("%.1f%% cache miss. %d/%d dependencies cached.\n" % (miss, cached, all))
         done = 1
         for i in buildinfo.deps:
-            i.makeurls(self.cachedir, self.urllist)
             if not os.path.exists(i.fullfilename):
                 if self.offline:
                     raise oscerr.OscIOError(None,