diff --git a/srcpkgs/ethtool/template b/srcpkgs/ethtool/template
index 9250fd2ad7..281d1bb327 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ethtool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ethtool/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=ethtool
 _distver=3.1
 # Previous version was 6, we have to conserve it to make version comparision
 # work with previous versions.
-version=6.${_distver}
+version=6:${_distver}
 wrksrc=${pkgname}-${_distver}
 #distfiles="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/$pkgname/$pkgname-${_distver}.tar.bz2"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/$pkgname/$pkgname-${_distver}.tar.gz"