diff --git a/dev-util/splint/metadata.xml b/dev-util/splint/metadata.xml
index 85e4ed814fa25..2a5e633ab0462 100644
--- a/dev-util/splint/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/splint/metadata.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-<!-- maintainer-needed -->
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">splintchecker/splint</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>