diff --git a/package/pkg-download.mk b/package/pkg-download.mk
index 7ed95f2b2c..2c4ad3ba2c 100644
--- a/package/pkg-download.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-download.mk
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PRIMARY_SITE_ONLY),)
 DOWNLOAD_URIS += \
-	-u $($(PKG)_SITE_METHOD)+$(dir $(call qstrip,$(1)))
+	-u $($(PKG)_SITE_METHOD)+$(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(call qstrip,$(1))))
 ifneq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_BACKUP_SITE)),)
 DOWNLOAD_URIS += \
 	-u $(call getschemeplusuri,$(call qstrip,$(BR2_BACKUP_SITE)/$($(PKG)_DL_SUBDIR)),urlencode) \