diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/libgnt_2.14.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/libgnt_2.14.1.bb
index d17a623063..f2fe4a7a93 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/libgnt_2.14.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pidgin/libgnt_2.14.1.bb
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/project/pidgin/${BPN}/${PV}/${BP}.tar.xz \
 "
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "5ec3e68e18f956e9998d79088b299fa3bca689bcc95c86001bc5da17c1eb4bd8"
 
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/libgnt/"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "${BPN}/(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
+
 EXTRA_OEMESON = "-Dintrospection=false -Ddoc=false"
 
 FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/gnt/s.so ${libdir}/gnt/irssi.so"