diff --git a/package/pkg-download.mk b/package/pkg-download.mk
index 4d97ef9a31..2527ba5c60 100644
--- a/package/pkg-download.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-download.mk
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ domainseparator = $(if $(1),$(1),/)
 # github(user,package,version): returns site of GitHub repository
 github = https://github.com/$(1)/$(2)/archive/$(3)
 
+# gitlab(user,package,version): returns site of Gitlab-generated tarball
+gitlab = https://gitlab.com/$(1)/$(2)/-/archive/$(3)
+
 # Expressly do not check hashes for those files
 # Exported variables default to immediately expanded in some versions of
 # make, but we need it to be recursively-epxanded, so explicitly assign it.