diff --git a/base/bootstrapinfo.py b/base/bootstrapinfo.py
index 9ae6c6f..82695bd 100644
--- a/base/bootstrapinfo.py
+++ b/base/bootstrapinfo.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ class BootstrapInformation(object):
 		from fs import load_volume
 		self.volume = load_volume(self.manifest.volume)
 
+		self.apt_mirror = self.manifest.packages.get('mirror', 'http://http.debian.net/debian')
+
 		class DictClass(dict):
 			def __getattr__(self, name):
 				return self[name]
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ class BootstrapInformation(object):
 					obj[key] = value
 
 		self.manifest_vars = {}
-		self.manifest_vars['apt_mirror'] = 'http://http.debian.net/debian'
+		self.manifest_vars['apt_mirror'] = self.apt_mirror
 		set_manifest_vars(self.manifest_vars, self.manifest.data)
 
 		from datetime import datetime
diff --git a/base/manifest-schema.json b/base/manifest-schema.json
index 5355336..f705020 100644
--- a/base/manifest-schema.json
+++ b/base/manifest-schema.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 		"packages": {
 			"type": "object",
 			"properties": {
+				"mirror": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
 				"sources": {
 					"type": "object",
 					"patternProperties": {
diff --git a/base/manifest.py b/base/manifest.py
index a452a96..a54b935 100644
--- a/base/manifest.py
+++ b/base/manifest.py
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ class Manifest(object):
 		self.data = data
 		self.provider = data['provider']
 		self.bootstrapper = data['bootstrapper']
-		if 'mirror' not in self.bootstrapper:
-			self.bootstrapper['mirror'] = 'http://http.debian.net/debian'
 		self.volume = data['volume']
 		self.system = data['system']
 		self.packages = data['packages']
diff --git a/common/tasks/bootstrap.py b/common/tasks/bootstrap.py
index a45f7e7..c48c2e0 100644
--- a/common/tasks/bootstrap.py
+++ b/common/tasks/bootstrap.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ def get_bootstrap_args(info):
 		options.append('--include=' + ','.join(info.include_packages))
 	if len(info.exclude_packages) > 0:
 		options.append('--exclude=' + ','.join(info.exclude_packages))
-	arguments = [info.manifest.system['release'], info.root, info.manifest.bootstrapper['mirror']]
+	mirror = info.manifest.bootstrapper.get('mirror', info.apt_mirror)
+	arguments = [info.manifest.system['release'], info.root, mirror]
 	return executable, options, arguments