diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson.inc
index 50fb41ac98..0a58c971ae 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson.inc
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ SRC_URI_append_class-native = " \
 "
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "meson-(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)\.tar"
 
 inherit setuptools3