diff --git a/app-backup/tarsnap/metadata.xml b/app-backup/tarsnap/metadata.xml
index e5c4248bc00f8..57fe554037a43 100644
--- a/app-backup/tarsnap/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-backup/tarsnap/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">Tarsnap/tarsnap</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>