diff --git a/srcpkgs/xdg-utils/template b/srcpkgs/xdg-utils/template
index fdcc9668a10..9a5a615f216 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xdg-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xdg-utils/template
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ revision=1
 noarch="yes"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="Tools to assist applications with various desktop integration tasks"
+update_site="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/"
+update_pattern='/tag/\?id=\K[\d\w-.]+'
 homepage="http://portland.freedesktop.org/"
 license="MIT"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"