diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/v4l2apps/yavta_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/v4l2apps/yavta_git.bb
index 3069528301..c4f31c033f 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/v4l2apps/yavta_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/v4l2apps/yavta_git.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ SRCREV = "65f740aa1758531fd810339bc1b7d1d33666e28a"
 PV = "0.0"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
+# Upstream repo does not tag
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
+
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = "-e MAKEFLAGS="
 
 # The yavta sources include copies of the headers required to build in the