diff --git a/srcpkgs/xen/template b/srcpkgs/xen/template
index be8f6bf59a3..356a278e849 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xen/template
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ short_desc="The Xen hypervisor utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://xen.org"
 license="GPL-2"
+update_site="http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git"
+update_pattern='RELEASE-\K[\d.]+'
 distfiles="http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/$version/xen-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=55b49d3c4575d7791275125ff87c0f86f1d1e0f7f2718b6fd1c4f88a9bc7ea25