diff --git a/meta/classes/gnomebase.bbclass b/meta/classes/gnomebase.bbclass
index 9a5bd9a232..99ac472080 100644
--- a/meta/classes/gnomebase.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/gnomebase.bbclass
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 def gnome_verdir(v):
-    return ".".join(v.split(".")[:-1])
+    return ".".join(v.split(".")[:-1]) or v
 
 
 GNOME_COMPRESS_TYPE ?= "xz"