diff --git a/src/scripts/ext/couchbase.sh b/src/scripts/ext/couchbase.sh
index a3321fe5..94d9030e 100644
--- a/src/scripts/ext/couchbase.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/ext/couchbase.sh
@@ -2,16 +2,20 @@
 add_couchbase_libs() {
   if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Linux" ]; then
     if [[ ${version:?} =~ 5.[3-6]|7.[0-1] ]]; then
-      trunk="http://packages.couchbase.com/ubuntu"
-      list="deb $trunk ${DISTRIB_CODENAME:?} ${DISTRIB_CODENAME:?}/main"
+      release="2.10.9"
+      trunk="https://github.com/couchbase/libcouchbase/releases/download"
+      package="libcouchbase-${release}_ubuntu${DISTRIB_RELEASE/./}_${DISTRIB_CODENAME}_amd64.tar"
+      get -q -n /tmp/libcouchbase.tar "$trunk/$release/$package"
+      sudo tar -xf /tmp/libcouchbase.tar -C /tmp
+      install_packages libev4
+      sudo dpkg -i /tmp/libcouchbase-*/*.deb
     else
       trunk="http://packages.couchbase.com/clients/c/repos/deb"
       list="deb $trunk/ubuntu${DISTRIB_RELEASE/./} ${DISTRIB_CODENAME:?} ${DISTRIB_CODENAME:?}/main"
+      get -s -n "" "$trunk/couchbase.key" | sudo apt-key add
+      echo "$list" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/couchbase.list
+      sudo apt-get update
     fi
-    add_pecl
-    get -s -n "" "$trunk/couchbase.key" | sudo apt-key add
-    echo "$list" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/couchbase.list
-    sudo apt-get update
     ${apt_install:?} libcouchbase-dev
   else
     if [[ ${version:?} =~ 5.[3-6]|7.[0-1] ]]; then