diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/ndctl/ndctl_v69.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/ndctl/ndctl_v69.bb
index 0490b8fb6c..b848ca63c5 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/ndctl/ndctl_v69.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/ndctl/ndctl_v69.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ inherit autotools-brokensep pkgconfig bash-completion systemd
 SRCREV = "ea62d6d53bf6f806c4841e97a370201e18446860"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/pmem/ndctl.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "(?P<pver>v\d+(\.\d+)*)"
+
 DEPENDS = "kmod udev json-c keyutils"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"