diff --git a/srcpkgs/pandoc/update b/srcpkgs/pandoc/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6ad57fff267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pandoc/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site='http://pandoc.org/releases.html'
+pattern='pandoc \K[\d.]+'