diff --git a/contrib/fedora/utils/makerepo.sh b/contrib/fedora/utils/makerepo.sh
index a5f1d574ec..062406274c 100755
--- a/contrib/fedora/utils/makerepo.sh
+++ b/contrib/fedora/utils/makerepo.sh
@@ -249,6 +249,10 @@ pushd "$DIRNAME"
             # try to find the commit from which the original tarball originates
             # and base the new branch on to of it.
             RELEASE_BASE_COMMIT="$(sed -n 's/^NM_GIT_SHA=\(.*\)/\1/p' configure 2>/dev/null)"
+        elif [[ "$BUILD_LIBNL3" != "" ]]; then
+            # try to find the commit from which the original tarball originates
+            # and base the new branch on to of it.
+            RELEASE_BASE_COMMIT="$(sed -n 's/^LIBNL_GIT_SHA=\(.*\)/\1/p' configure 2>/dev/null)"
         elif [[ "$BUILD_NETWORMANAGER_OPENVPN" != "" ]]; then
             DATE="$(sed -n 's/%global snapshot .git\(20[0-3][0-9]\)\([0-1][0-9]\)\([0-3][0-9]\)/\1-\2-\3/p' "../$SPEC")"
             if [[ "x$DATE" != x ]]; then