diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nlohmann-fifo/nlohmann-fifo_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nlohmann-fifo/nlohmann-fifo_git.bb
index 326a4abfbe..a97eb53c1d 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nlohmann-fifo/nlohmann-fifo_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nlohmann-fifo/nlohmann-fifo_git.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ PV = "1.0.0+git${SRCPV}"
 
 SRCREV = "0dfbf5dacbb15a32c43f912a7e66a54aae39d0f9"
 
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
+
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 # nlohmann-fifo is a header only C++ library, so the main package will be empty.