diff --git a/sys-apps/mawk/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/mawk/metadata.xml
index 70c9644a61c59..528178a88402c 100644
--- a/sys-apps/mawk/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/mawk/metadata.xml
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
 	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<changelog>https://invisible-island.net/mawk/CHANGES.html</changelog>
+		<remote-id type="github">ThomasDickey/mawk-snapshots</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>