diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.hash b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.hash
index ffc474f49e..77b88fa909 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.hash
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  935d01f5c34903ad9e979431cec7a8a59332ed3fc539e639f5ba87e8d6989b9d  qtbase-da6e958319e95fe564d3b30c931492dd666bfaff.tar.bz2
+sha256  9219c8e5d82b32b351743fb548f248400f3b3eca9db37a43b2b8c929d2625c01  qt5base-da6e958319e95fe564d3b30c931492dd666bfaff-git4.tar.gz
 
 # Hashes for license files:
 sha256  8177f97513213526df2cf6184d8ff986c675afb514d4e68a404010521b880643  LICENSE.GPL2
diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
index e173639cca..bbab9b3de1 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 QT5BASE_VERSION = da6e958319e95fe564d3b30c931492dd666bfaff
-QT5BASE_SITE = $(QT5_SITE)/qtbase/-/archive/$(QT5BASE_VERSION)
-QT5BASE_SOURCE = qtbase-$(QT5BASE_VERSION).tar.bz2
+QT5BASE_SITE = $(QT5_SITE)/qtbase
+QT5BASE_SITE_METHOD = git
 QT5BASE_CPE_ID_VENDOR = qt
 QT5BASE_CPE_ID_PRODUCT = qt