diff --git a/packages/libmsgpack-cxx/build.sh b/packages/libmsgpack-cxx/build.sh
index d12f327c5e..2adba95c72 100644
--- a/packages/libmsgpack-cxx/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libmsgpack-cxx/build.sh
@@ -8,3 +8,17 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-c/releases/download/cpp-${T
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=9b3c1803b9855b7b023d7f181f66ebb0d6941275ba41d692037e0aa27736443f
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="boost"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="boost-headers"
+TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
+TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_VERSION_REGEXP="\d+\.\d+\.\d+"
+
+termux_pkg_auto_update() {
+	# Get latest release tag:
+	local tag
+	tag="$(termux_github_api_get_tag "${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL}")"
+	# check if this is not a c release:
+	if grep -qP "^cpp-${TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_VERSION_REGEXP}$" <<<"$tag"; then
+		termux_pkg_upgrade_version "$tag"
+	else
+		echo "WARNING: Skipping auto-update of ${TERMUX_PKG_NAME}: Not a cpp release($tag)"
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/packages/libmsgpack/build.sh b/packages/libmsgpack/build.sh
index e3d40e745f..0b3f4a545f 100644
--- a/packages/libmsgpack/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libmsgpack/build.sh
@@ -14,3 +14,15 @@ TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 -DMSGPACK_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF
 -DMSGPACK_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
 "
+
+termux_pkg_auto_update() {
+	# Get latest release tag:
+	local tag
+	tag="$(termux_github_api_get_tag "${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL}")"
+	# check if this is not a c++ release:
+	if grep -qP "^c-${TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_VERSION_REGEXP}$" <<<"$tag"; then
+		termux_pkg_upgrade_version "$tag"
+	else
+		echo "WARNING: Skipping auto-update of ${TERMUX_PKG_NAME}: Not a C release($tag)"
+	fi
+}