diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmpc/template b/srcpkgs/libmpc/template
index ffa6c3c7dc8..698b679afee 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libmpc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmpc/template
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ short_desc="C library for the arithmetic of complex numbers"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.multiprecision.org"
 license="LGPL-3"
+update_pkgname=mpc
+update_site="${homepage}/?prog=mpc&page=download"
 distfiles="http://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/download/mpc-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=b561f54d8a479cee3bc891ee52735f18ff86712ba30f036f8b8537bae380c488