diff --git a/scripts/pkgmeek b/scripts/pkgmeek
index 9eaf54a..74ceecf 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgmeek
+++ b/scripts/pkgmeek
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ here="${_local_[$u]}"; url="${source[$u]}";
 # appropriate name in the current directory
 [ -e "$here" ] || [ "$src_dir" = "" ] || [ ! -e "$src_dir/$here" ] || ln -sf "$src_dir/$here" ;
 [ -e "$here" ] || [ ! -e "$PKGMK_ROOT/$here" ] || ln -sf "$PKGMK_ROOT/$here" . ;
-[ -e "$here" ] || fetch_source "$url" "$here";
-# but if not, exit with an informative error message
+[ -e "$here" ] || fetch_source "$url" "$here"; # <-- should also be able to resume partial downloads
 [ -e "$here" ] || { error "failed to download $here. Check connection and try again.";
 	errDL+=1; }
 done ; }
@@ -366,28 +365,40 @@ check_pkg_mtime() { # can be called even if some sources are missing
 }
 
 fetch_source() {
-	local u="$1"; local h="$2"; local SAVE_AS OCONTINUE OOUT;
+	local u="$1"; local h="$2"; local m=0; local REPO SAVE_AS OCONTINUE OOUT; local finished=0;
 
 	# Determine whether git can be used to obtain sources
-	PKGMK_GIT_COMMAND="/usr/bin/git"
+	local PKGMK_GIT_COMMAND="/usr/bin/git"
 	[ -x "$PKGMK_GIT_COMMAND" ] || PKGMK_GIT_COMMAND="/bin/false"
-	[[ $u =~ ^(https|http|ssh|git)://.*/(.+)\.git$ ]] && SAVE_AS="$PKGMK_GIT_COMMAND clone $u"
+	[[ $u =~ ^(https|http|ssh|git)://.*/(.+)\.git$ ]] && \
+			{ "$PKGMK_GIT_COMMAND clone $u $h"; return $?; }
 
-	[[ "$PKGMK_DOWNLOAD_PROG" =~ wget$ ]] && { OCONTINUE="-c"; OOUT="-O"; }
-	[[ "$PKGMK_DOWNLOAD_PROG" =~ curl$ ]] && { OCONTINUE="-C -"; OOUT="-o"; }
+	[[ "$PKGMK_DOWNLOAD_PROG" =~ wget$ ]] && { OCONTINUE="-c"; OOUT="$PKGMK_WGET_OPTIONS -O"; }
+	[[ "$PKGMK_DOWNLOAD_PROG" =~ curl$ ]] && { OCONTINUE="-C -"; OOUT="$PKGMK_CURL_OPTIONS -o"; }
 	[[ "$PKGMK_DOWNLOAD_PROG" =~ (wget|curl)$ ]] || SAVE_AS=/bin/false
 	
-	[ -s "$src_dir/$h.partial" ] && { ln -s "$src_dir/$h.partial" . ;
-		SAVE_AS="$PKGMK_DOWNLOAD_PROG $u $OCONTINUE $OOUT"; } \
-		|| SAVE_AS="$PKGMK_DOWNLOAD_PROG $u $OOUT"
+	while [ $m -le ${#PKGMK_SOURCE_MIRRORS[@]} ] && [ $finished = 0 ] && [[ ! $SAVE_AS =~ false$ ]]; do
+	# when the index goes past the last element of PKGMK_SOURCE_MIRRORS,
+	# switch to using the url in the 'source' array.
+		[ "${PKGMK_SOURCE_MIRRORS[m]}" = "" ] && um=$u || \
+			{ REPO=$(echo ${PKGMK_SOURCE_MIRRORS[m]} | sed 's,/$,,');
+				um=$REPO/$(echo $u | sed 's,.*/,,'); }
+		m=$(( m+1 ))
 
-	if $SAVE_AS "$h.partial"; then
-		[ "$src_dir" = "" ] || [ ! -w "$src_dir"/ ] || { mv "$h.partial" "$src_dir/$h";
-		ln -sf "$src_dir/$h" . ; }
-	else # an interrupted download should not have its efforts destroyed by cleanup_work()
-		[ ! -e "$h.partial" ] || [ "$src_dir" = "" ] || [ ! -w "$src_dir"/ ] \
-			|| mv "$h.partial" "$src_dir"
-	fi
+		# interrupted downloads from a previous run should be put where wget or curl will find them
+		[ -s "$src_dir/$h.partial" ] && { ln -s "$src_dir/$h.partial" . ;
+			SAVE_AS="$PKGMK_DOWNLOAD_PROG $um $OCONTINUE $OOUT"; } \
+			|| SAVE_AS="$PKGMK_DOWNLOAD_PROG $um $OOUT"
+
+		if $SAVE_AS "$h.partial"; then
+			finished=1
+			[ "$src_dir" = "" ] || [ ! -w "$src_dir"/ ] || { mv "$h.partial" "$src_dir/$h";
+				ln -sf "$src_dir/$h" . ; }
+		else # an interrupted download should not have its efforts destroyed by cleanup_work()
+			[ ! -e "$h.partial" ] || [ "$src_dir" = "" ] || [ ! -w "$src_dir"/ ] \
+				|| mv "$h.partial" "$src_dir"
+		fi
+	done
 }
 
 cat_manifest() {