diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 36a8de3..c544524 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
     <param name="package-meta">no</param>
     <param name="exclude">.git</param>
     <param name="filename">libfabric</param>
-    <param name="version">1.5.0</param>
+    <param name="versionformat">@PARENT_TAG@.@TAG_OFFSET@.%h</param>
+    <param name="versionrewrite-pattern">v(.*)</param>
+    <param name="versionrewrite-replacement">\1</param>
     <param name="revision">ca4e982b00be9ee597d3dc7ed9329a16933f43d3</param>
   </service>
   <service name="recompress" mode="disabled">
diff --git a/libfabric-1.5.0.0.ca4e982b.tar.bz2 b/libfabric-1.5.0.0.ca4e982b.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec2fd84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libfabric-1.5.0.0.ca4e982b.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:b80b622dfb99b2825bd31e8777c8b99ae7a6d49a784d5a5e226b313855dda557
+size 1066595
diff --git a/libfabric-1.5.0.tar.bz2 b/libfabric-1.5.0.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 18b3fa2..0000000
--- a/libfabric-1.5.0.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:00f6b1e415ed3a5c84ec142161d2fabaecff4fc42389c6f1b7f5dbcc2d536fe9
-size 1079821
diff --git a/libfabric.changes b/libfabric.changes
index e2376f6..8b1a4ad 100644
--- a/libfabric.changes
+++ b/libfabric.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep  5 09:56:19 UTC 2017 - nmoreychaisemartin@suse.com
+
+- Update _service to allow auto updates from github
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug 10 08:29:42 UTC 2017 - nmoreychaisemartin@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libfabric.spec b/libfabric.spec
index 18c3c61..5b486d9 100644
--- a/libfabric.spec
+++ b/libfabric.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 #
-%define git_ver %{nil}
+%define git_ver .0.ca4e982b
 
 Name:           libfabric
 Summary:        User-space RDMA Fabric Interfaces