diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index 8a76181..fc85989 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # watch control file for uscan
 version=3
-
+opts=uversionmangle=s/-/+/ \
 https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/ibutils/ibutils-(.*)\.(?:tar.gz|tar.bz2|tar.xz)