diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog.bb b/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog_git.bb
similarity index 98%
rename from recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog.bb
rename to recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog_git.bb
index b1fb9d9..a8a0cb9 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog_git.bb
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Application that implements software watchdog"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-watchdog"
 PR = "r1"
-
+PV = "1.0+git${SRCPV}"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=e3fc50a88d0a364313df4b21ef20c29e"
+
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 inherit obmc-phosphor-dbus-service