diff --git a/srcpkgs/bash/update b/srcpkgs/bash/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89e82249c5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/bash/update
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+site="http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/log/"
+pattern="Bash-\K\d(\.\d)+( patch \d+|-testing)?"
+version="$_bash_distver"
+[ ! -z "$_bash_patchlevel" ] && version+=" patch $_bash_patchlevel"
+ignore="*testing"