diff --git a/packages/debug/gdb/meta b/packages/debug/gdb/meta
index a0c6c1f512..fddc89422f 100644
--- a/packages/debug/gdb/meta
+++ b/packages/debug/gdb/meta
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/"
-PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/$PKG_NAME-${PKG_VERSION}a.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses expat"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain ncurses expat"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"