diff --git a/gcc/cobol/nist/Makefile b/gcc/cobol/nist/Makefile
index 555091f4d57eaca495431dc1d48f0602123e58db..1e89b81236ad3e62b67df04d932d6d5082cd0735 100644
--- a/gcc/cobol/nist/Makefile
+++ b/gcc/cobol/nist/Makefile
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ newcob.val: newcob.val.Z
 URL = http://www.itl.nist.gov/div897/ctg/suites/newcob.val.Z
 newcob.val.Z:
 # The file from NIST doesn't exist, so we need to download it.
-	wget -O $@~ $(URL)
+	wget -O $@~ $(URL) || cp $(HOME)/$@ $@~
 	@mv $@~ $@