diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/go-examples/go-helloworld_0.1.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/go-examples/go-helloworld_0.1.bb
index 77a13b39fe..b0b0bd8452 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/go-examples/go-helloworld_0.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/go-examples/go-helloworld_0.1.bb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://src/${GO_IMPORT}/LICENSE;md5=7998cb338f82d15c0eff93b7
 SRC_URI = "git://go.googlesource.com/example;branch=master;protocol=https;destsuffix=${GO_SRCURI_DESTSUFFIX}"
 SRCREV = "7f05d217867b2af52b0a28c6d1c91df97e1b5b39"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
+PV .= "+git"
 
 GO_IMPORT = "golang.org/x/example"
 GO_INSTALL = "${GO_IMPORT}/hello"