diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_6.0.2.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_6.0.2.bb
index b1adf9ec6cd..c27f58a0e86 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_6.0.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_6.0.2.bb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://www.rpm.org"
 LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=066ecde17828e5c8911ec9eae8be78f4"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm;branch=rpm-6.0.x;protocol=https \
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm;protocol=https;branch=rpm-6.0.x;tag=${BP}-release \
            file://0001-Do-not-add-an-unsatisfiable-dependency-when-building.patch \
            file://0001-Do-not-read-config-files-from-HOME.patch \
            file://0001-When-cross-installing-execute-package-scriptlets-wit.patch \