diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index bc8a9c22..7b842d06 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -15,5 +15,10 @@
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-0": { "Faker": "src/" }
+    },
+    "extra": {
+        "branch-alias": {
+            "dev-master": "1.1.x-dev"    
+        }    
     }
 }