diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/proftpd/proftpd_1.3.8b.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/proftpd/proftpd_1.3.8b.bb
index ce31c8a475..0e8942e977 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/proftpd/proftpd_1.3.8b.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-daemons/proftpd/proftpd_1.3.8b.bb
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit autotools-brokensep useradd update-rc.d systemd multilib_script
 
+# patch releases have character after version
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "(?P<pver>(\d+(\.\d+)+\w?))"
+
 CVE_STATUS[CVE-2001-0027] = "fixed-version: version 1.2.0rc3 removed affected module"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--enable-largefile INSTALL=install"