diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/leveldb/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/leveldb/package.py
index 0412961aba1b0064a70c3e0f28647fc135ca65a1..b0acdfc75c99ec08e7949a3b8a3e7647c4a074de 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/leveldb/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/leveldb/package.py
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ class Leveldb(MakefilePackage):
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/google/leveldb"
     url      = "https://github.com/google/leveldb/archive/v1.20.tar.gz"
+    git      = "https://github.com/google/leveldb.git"
 
+    version('master', branch='master')
     version('1.20', '298b5bddf12c675d6345784261302252')
     version('1.18', '73770de34a2a5ab34498d2e05b2b7fa0')