diff --git a/srcpkgs/slack-desktop/update b/srcpkgs/slack-desktop/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6b1539630bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/slack-desktop/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://slack.com/downloads/linux"
+pattern='Version \K[\d.]+(?=)'