diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/pkgconf/pkgconf_2.5.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/pkgconf/pkgconf_2.5.1.bb
index 277ef9786c..7d9205e560 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/pkgconf/pkgconf_2.5.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/pkgconf/pkgconf_2.5.1.bb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ SRC_URI = "\
     file://pkg-config-esdk.in \
 "
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "cd05c9589b9f86ecf044c10a2269822bc9eb001eced2582cfffd658b0a50c243"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "pkgconf-(?P<pver>\d+\.\d+\.(?!9\d+)\d+)\.tar"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig