diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp_0.9.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp_0.9.0.bb
index 5233c569d2..dafe6e5da9 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp_0.9.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp_0.9.0.bb
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=6a8aaf0595c2efc1a9c2e0913e9c1a2c"
 
 # yaml-cpp releases are stored as archive files in github.
 # download the exact revision of release
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp.git;branch=master;protocol=https;tag=yaml-cpp-${PV}"
 SRCREV = "56e3bb550c91fd7005566f19c079cb7a503223cf"
-PV .= "+git"
 
 
 inherit cmake