diff --git a/package/pkg-download.mk b/package/pkg-download.mk
index 3f35661a16..7ca6fcc757 100644
--- a/package/pkg-download.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-download.mk
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR =
 
 ifneq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_PRIMARY_SITE)),)
 DOWNLOAD_URIS += \
+	-u $(call getschemeplusuri,$(call qstrip,$(BR2_PRIMARY_SITE)/$($(PKG)_DL_SUBDIR)),urlencode) \
 	-u $(call getschemeplusuri,$(call qstrip,$(BR2_PRIMARY_SITE)),urlencode)
 endif
 
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ DOWNLOAD_URIS += \
 	-u $($(PKG)_SITE_METHOD)+$(dir $(call qstrip,$(1)))
 ifneq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_BACKUP_SITE)),)
 DOWNLOAD_URIS += \
-	-u $(call getschemeplusuri,$(BR2_BACKUP_SITE),urlencode)
+	-u $(call getschemeplusuri,$(call qstrip,$(BR2_BACKUP_SITE)/$($(PKG)_DL_SUBDIR)),urlencode) \
+	-u $(call getschemeplusuri,$(call qstrip,$(BR2_BACKUP_SITE)),urlencode)
 endif
 endif