diff --git a/recipes/openssl/recipe.sh b/recipes/openssl/recipe.sh
index 6e598a0f0325d26ebf6ac6d7e87cc02388655b2a..b51b6680937cdc20e1901a2c04532442fac9e374 100644
--- a/recipes/openssl/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/openssl/recipe.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 GIT=https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/openssl.git
 BRANCH=redox
+GIT_UPSTREAM=https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git
 
 function recipe_version {
     printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"