diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/gnomebase.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/gnomebase.bbclass
index 805daafa40..5e72f549a3 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/gnomebase.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/gnomebase.bbclass
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 
 def gnome_verdir(v):
-    return ".".join(v.split(".")[:-1])
+    return ".".join(v.split(".")[:-1]) or v
 
 
 GNOME_COMPRESS_TYPE ?= "xz"