diff --git a/gnu/packages/hunspell.scm b/gnu/packages/hunspell.scm
index 22bc8a5311..8c076de3c4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/hunspell.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/hunspell.scm
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ (define-public hunspell-dict-el
          (uri (git-reference
                (url "https://git.thanosapollo.org/hunspell-dict-el")
                (commit commit)))
+         (file-name (git-file-name name version))
          (sha256
           (base32 "0z9nyfy50c0bjvvm42xwd3npjpp07a9slm3gfgvxanyqm7djrmb1"))))
       (build-system gnu-build-system)