diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++-5.0_5.0.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++-5.0_5.0.1.bb
index ada0199476..0271602555 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++-5.0_5.0.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++-5.0_5.0.1.bb
@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/libxml++-${PV}"
 
 SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "15c38307a964fa6199f4da6683a599eb7e63cc89198545b36349b87cf9aa0098"
 
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
+
 FILES:${PN}-doc += "${datadir}/devhelp"
 FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/libxml++-${@gnome_verdir("${PV}")}/include/libxml++config.h"