diff --git a/srcpkgs/polarssl/template b/srcpkgs/polarssl/template
index 2d65d98c94..958adb72b5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/polarssl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/polarssl/template
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ short_desc="Portable cryptographic and SSL/TLS library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.polarssl.org"
+update_pattern=$pkgname'-\K[\d.]+'
 distfiles="http://www.polarssl.org/code/releases/polarssl-${version}-gpl.tgz"
 checksum=318171db41335cacbb5b0047c94f1faf91442ab70a223b5223436703c9406ff1