diff --git a/srcpkgs/ninja/template b/srcpkgs/ninja/template
index ca149096a0b..c7921b53a06 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ninja/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ninja/template
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ hostmakedepends="python asciidoc git"
 short_desc="Small build system with a focus on speed"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
+update_site="https://github.com/martine/ninja/tags"
+update_pattern='archive/v\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)'
 homepage="http://martine.github.io/ninja/"
 
 do_fetch() {