diff --git a/srcpkgs/thermald/update b/srcpkgs/thermald/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b4a7130cb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/thermald/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://api.github.com/repos/01org/thermal_daemon/tags"
+pattern='"name":\s*"\K[^\d]*([\d\.]+)(?=")'