diff --git a/system/base/leveldb/pspec.xml b/system/base/leveldb/pspec.xml
index bcdd6df0..878dff56 100644
--- a/system/base/leveldb/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/base/leveldb/pspec.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
             <Dependency>gperftools-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>snappy-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
-        <Archive sha1sum="18684a0ad7a07920d10f5295b171fbf5eeec7337" type="binary">https://github.com/google/leveldb/archive/v1.18.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="18684a0ad7a07920d10f5295b171fbf5eeec7337" type="targz">https://github.com/google/leveldb/archive/v1.18.tar.gz</Archive>
     </Source>
 
     <Package>