diff --git a/srcpkgs/lpsolve/template b/srcpkgs/lpsolve/template
index 1876160bbe7..947e7a0702e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lpsolve/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lpsolve/template
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ short_desc="Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) solver"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 license="GPL"
 homepage="http://sourceforge.net/projects/lpsolve"
+update_pattern='lp_solve_\K[\d.]+(?=_source\.tar\.gz)'
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/lp_solve_${version}_source.tar.gz"
 checksum=5827a30b143105283f398a09419ea608719a2d7699ecea165a66d521803bcc9c