diff --git a/lxde-base/lxappearance/metadata.xml b/lxde-base/lxappearance/metadata.xml
index eb6c52bb507a8..9392e7c9dfbbf 100644
--- a/lxde-base/lxappearance/metadata.xml
+++ b/lxde-base/lxappearance/metadata.xml
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
   <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="sourceforge">lxde</remote-id>
+    <remote-id type="github">lxde/lxappearance</remote-id> 
   </upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>