diff --git a/meta-arago-extras/recipes-multimedia/gst-plugins-ti/gstreamer1.0-plugins-vpe/0001-Switch-submodule-common-to-github.patch b/meta-arago-extras/recipes-multimedia/gst-plugins-ti/gstreamer1.0-plugins-vpe/0001-Switch-submodule-common-to-github.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43f5493e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arago-extras/recipes-multimedia/gst-plugins-ti/gstreamer1.0-plugins-vpe/0001-Switch-submodule-common-to-github.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 4dac2d8d41c21577f146a568baa5ff897835f98c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel Schultz <d.schultz@phytec.de>
+Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 09:50:49 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Switch submodule common to github
+
+The freedesktop.org URL is currently not available. Therefore, this
+plugin won't build. Use the official GStreamer mirror on GitHub.
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Daniel Schultz <d.schultz@phytec.de>
+---
+ .gitmodules | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
+index a6b1eda..80ffbc5 100644
+--- a/.gitmodules
++++ b/.gitmodules
+@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
+ [submodule "common"]
+ 	path = common
+-	url = git://anongit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/common
++	url = https://github.com/GStreamer/common
+-- 
+2.34.1
diff --git a/meta-arago-extras/recipes-multimedia/gst-plugins-ti/gstreamer1.0-plugins-vpe_git.bb b/meta-arago-extras/recipes-multimedia/gst-plugins-ti/gstreamer1.0-plugins-vpe_git.bb
index 237031b1..2038e2b1 100644
--- a/meta-arago-extras/recipes-multimedia/gst-plugins-ti/gstreamer1.0-plugins-vpe_git.bb
+++ b/meta-arago-extras/recipes-multimedia/gst-plugins-ti/gstreamer1.0-plugins-vpe_git.bb
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ SRCREV = "b9dba5a8bc7d14d55125abdce04672e3dc30bbdf"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://git.ti.com/git/glsdk/gst-plugin-vpe.git;protocol=https \
            file://0001-gstvpe-configure.ac-stop-using-export-symbols-regex.patch \
+           file://0001-Switch-submodule-common-to-github.patch \
 "