diff --git a/package/pkg-download.mk b/package/pkg-download.mk
index 118df83..979ccfd 100644
--- a/package/pkg-download.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-download.mk
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 export SCP := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_SCP))
 export LOCALFILES := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LOCALFILES))
 
+# Version of the format of the archives we generate in the corresponding
+# download backend:
+BR_FMT_VERSION_git = -br1
+
 DL_WRAPPER = support/download/dl-wrapper
 
 # DL_DIR may have been set already from the environment