diff --git a/include/u-boot.mk b/include/u-boot.mk
index 063701cb1d7..a5ed5bf4b7a 100644
--- a/include/u-boot.mk
+++ b/include/u-boot.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ PKG_SOURCE_URL = \
 endif
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR = $(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+ifndef PKG_SOURCE_PROTO
+ifeq ($(firstword $(sort $(PKG_VERSION) 2026.10)),2026.10)
+  PKG_BUILD_DIR = $(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-v$(PKG_VERSION)
+endif
+endif
 
 PKG_TARGETS := bin
 PKG_FLAGS:=nonshared