diff --git a/package/makedevs/makedevs.mk b/package/makedevs/makedevs.mk
index ff91c4a896..7210dc6c25 100644
--- a/package/makedevs/makedevs.mk
+++ b/package/makedevs/makedevs.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 MAKEDEVS_SOURCE =
 HOST_MAKEDEVS_SOURCE =
 
+MAKEDEVS_VERSION = buildroot-$(BR2_VERSION)
+
 define MAKEDEVS_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) \
 		package/makedevs/makedevs.c -o $(@D)/makedevs