diff --git a/srcpkgs/litecoin/template b/srcpkgs/litecoin/template
index 66beb2623c2..2b6d34e8588 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/litecoin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/litecoin/template
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ makedepends="zlib-devel db-devel>=5.3 libressl-devel boost-devel>=1.54 automoc4
 short_desc="Peer-to-peer Internet currency based on scrypt cryptography"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
+update_site="https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/tags"
+update_pattern='archive/v?\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)'
 homepage="http://www.litecoin.org/"
 
 do_fetch() {