diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/mcpp/mcpp_2.7.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/mcpp/mcpp_2.7.2.bb
index da45cac7d7..b44c6d6663 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/mcpp/mcpp_2.7.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/mcpp/mcpp_2.7.2.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/${BPN}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "512de48c87ab023a69250edc7a0c7b05"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "3b9b4421888519876c4fc68ade324a3bbd81ceeb7092ecdbbc2055099fcb8864"
 
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcpp/files/mcpp/"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "${BPN}/V\.(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
+
 inherit autotools
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = " --enable-mcpplib "