diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 69d20af20..c98a8aa52 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -31,5 +31,10 @@
     "autoload": {
         "psr-0": { "Composer": "src/" }
     },
-    "bin": ["bin/composer"]
+    "bin": ["bin/composer"],
+    "extra": {
+        "branch-alias": {
+            "dev-master": "1.0-dev"
+        }
+    }
 }