diff --git a/srcpkgs/mariadb/template b/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
index 5f0845c8261..67333de8549 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ homepage="http://mariadb.org/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://downloads.$pkgname.org/f/$pkgname-$version/source/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=ac0eca4ebb278aa304236bf6dbd5e8c9cf285431333f1379051c231c08e2e31d
+update_site="https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/"
+update_pattern="/mariadb/\K[\d.]+(?=/)"
 
 pre_configure() {
 	# We need some host binaries before starting cross compilation.