diff --git a/package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.mk b/package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.mk
index dc6de19bc..0447ecc9a 100644
--- a/package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.mk
+++ b/package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 HOST_MKPASSWD_SOURCE =
 HOST_MKPASSWD_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 
+HOST_MKPASSWD_VERSION = buildroot-$(BR2_VERSION)
+
 define HOST_MKPASSWD_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) \
 		package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.c package/mkpasswd/utils.c \