diff --git a/frontend/src/components/dialog/generate-share-link.js b/frontend/src/components/dialog/generate-share-link.js
index bf62468830..bb65662c80 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/dialog/generate-share-link.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/dialog/generate-share-link.js
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class GenerateShareLink extends React.Component {
   }
   
   onCopyDownloadLink = () => {
-    let downloadLink = this.state.sharedLinkInfo.link + '?dl';
+    let downloadLink = this.state.sharedLinkInfo.link + '?dl=1';
     copy(downloadLink);
     toaster.success(gettext('Direct download link is copied to the clipboard.'));
     this.props.closeShareDialog();