diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-sid.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-sid.docker
index 9a3d168705..4e4cda0ba5 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-sid.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-sid.docker
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 
 FROM debian:sid-slim
 
+# Use a snapshot known to work (see http://snapshot.debian.org/#Usage)
+ENV DEBIAN_SNAPSHOT_DATE "20181030"
+RUN sed -i "s%^deb \(https\?://\)deb.debian.org/debian/\? \(.*\)%deb [check-valid-until=no] \1snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/${DEBIAN_SNAPSHOT_DATE} \2%" /etc/apt/sources.list
+
 # Duplicate deb line as deb-src
 RUN cat /etc/apt/sources.list | sed "s/^deb\ /deb-src /" >> /etc/apt/sources.list