diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/musl/musl-utils.bb b/meta/recipes-core/musl/musl-utils.bb
index 74b846df59..dd0ce33061 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/musl/musl-utils.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/musl/musl-utils.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ PV = "20170421"
 SRCREV = "fb5630138ccabbbc14a19d372096a04e42573c7d"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/boltlinux/musl-utils"
 
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
+
 inherit autotools
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"