diff --git a/gnu/packages/games.scm b/gnu/packages/games.scm
index b15d4eeb3a..181eab19b2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/games.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/games.scm
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Albin Söderqvist <albin@fripost.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Kei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Alex Griffin <a@ajgrf.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Steve Webber <webber.sl@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Adonay "adfeno" Felipe Nogueira <https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno> <adfeno@hyperbola.info>
@@ -1970,6 +1970,8 @@ asynchronously and at a user-defined speed.")
     (description "GNU Chess is a chess engine.  It allows you to compete
 against the computer in a game of chess, either through the default terminal
 interface or via an external visual interface such as GNU XBoard.")
+    (properties '((upstream-name . "gnuchess")
+                  (ftp-directory . "/chess")))
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
 (define freedink-engine