diff --git a/advisors/check_upstream.py b/advisors/check_upstream.py
index cea1d9125b4f2445165776ffa221c1aeefb44fd4..7845c966620aebf6cf90e23e9fca381564b0d3a7 100755
--- a/advisors/check_upstream.py
+++ b/advisors/check_upstream.py
@@ -270,6 +270,24 @@ def check_github(info):
     tags = clean_tags(tags, info)
     return tags
 
+def check_gnu_ftp(info):
+    headers = {
+            'User-Agent' : 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64)'
+            }
+    url = urljoin("https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/", info["src_repo"] + "/")
+    eprint("{repo} > List ftp directory".format(repo=url))
+    resp = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+    resp = resp.text
+    re_pattern = re.compile("href=\"(.*)\">(\\1)</a>")
+    tags = []
+    for l in resp.splitlines():
+        m = re_pattern.search(l)
+        if m:
+            tags.append(m[1])
+    tags = clean_tags(tags, info)
+    return tags
+
+
 def check_gnome(info):
     resp = load_last_query_result(info)
     src_repos = info["src_repo"].split("/")
diff --git a/advisors/oa_upgradable.py b/advisors/oa_upgradable.py
index ab145bc9b35e777beee7e8e9262b0848f554aae2..8043cc0c87cafb114e808875dbabfcfc594d5028 100755
--- a/advisors/oa_upgradable.py
+++ b/advisors/oa_upgradable.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ def get_ver_tags(gt, repo, cwd_path=None):
         tags = check_upstream.check_pypi(pkg_info)
     elif vc_type == "gitee":
         tags = check_upstream.check_gitee(pkg_info)
+    elif vc_type == "gnu-ftp":
+        tags = check_upstream.check_gnu_ftp(pkg_info)
     else:
         print("Unsupport version control method {vc}".format(vc=vc_type))
         return None
diff --git a/upstream-info/bc.yaml b/upstream-info/bc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ff357aa0fa4f005e96625f13bf3567b70df6fdc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upstream-info/bc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+version_control: gnu-ftp
+src_repo: bc
+tag_pattern: bc-(.*).tar.gz(.sig)?
+seperator: "."
diff --git a/upstream-info/ed.yaml b/upstream-info/ed.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f70f29d6b1e5efcc28c01bc949bc5d3b4dd74d6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upstream-info/ed.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+version_control: gnu-ftp
+src_repo: ed
+tag_pattern: ed-(.*).(tar.*)
+seperator: "."
diff --git a/upstream-info/sharutils.yaml b/upstream-info/sharutils.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cbf396310770060049b8a55bf6257965f20c3a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upstream-info/sharutils.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+version_control: gnu-ftp
+src_repo: sharutils
+tag_pattern: sharutils-(.*).tar.gz(.sig)?
+seperator: "."
diff --git a/upstream-info/which.yaml b/upstream-info/which.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..817b615237945324e0f434858de203c9a403ea42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upstream-info/which.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+version_control: gnu-ftp
+src_repo: which
+tag_pattern: which-(.*).(tar.*)
+seperator: "."