diff --git a/recipes-core/easysplash/easysplash-common-2.0.inc b/recipes-core/easysplash/easysplash-common-2.0.inc
index 39bb6f8..7540737 100644
--- a/recipes-core/easysplash/easysplash-common-2.0.inc
+++ b/recipes-core/easysplash/easysplash-common-2.0.inc
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ PV = "2.0.0"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/OSSystems/EasySplash.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "81a44392efe15fd12ea673f1c828a52e95103eea"
 
+# Upstream has no tag for 2.0.0, so the version check follows the branch head.
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
+
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += "\
     prefix=${prefix} \
     sysconfdir=${sysconfdir} \