diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/fixtures/oe-core.xml b/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/fixtures/oe-core.xml
index e285ec6ed3..66c3595f8c 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/fixtures/oe-core.xml
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/fixtures/oe-core.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@
   <object model="orm.layer" pk="1">
     <field type="CharField" name="name">openembedded-core</field>
     <field type="CharField" name="vcs_url">git://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core</field>
+    <field type="CharField" name="vcs_web_url">http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded-core</field>
+    <field type="CharField" name="vcs_web_tree_base_url">http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/%path%?h=%branch%</field>
+    <field type="CharField" name="vcs_web_file_base_url">http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/%path%?h=%branch%</field>
   </object>
   <object model="orm.layer_version" pk="1">
     <field rel="ManyToOneRel" to="orm.layer" name="layer">1</field>
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/fixtures/poky.xml b/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/fixtures/poky.xml
index b3f6c9634c..7827aac289 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/fixtures/poky.xml
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/fixtures/poky.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@
     <field type="CharField" name="name">openembedded-core</field>
     <field type="CharField" name="layer_index_url"></field>
     <field type="CharField" name="vcs_url">git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky</field>
+    <field type="CharField" name="vcs_web_url">http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky</field>
+    <field type="CharField" name="vcs_web_tree_base_url">http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/%path%?h=%branch%</field>
+    <field type="CharField" name="vcs_web_file_base_url">http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/%path%?h=%branch%</field>
   </object>
   <object model="orm.layer_version" pk="1">
     <field rel="ManyToOneRel" to="orm.layer" name="layer">1</field>
@@ -125,6 +128,9 @@
     <field type="CharField" name="name">meta-poky</field>
     <field type="CharField" name="layer_index_url"></field>
     <field type="CharField" name="vcs_url">git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky</field>
+    <field type="CharField" name="vcs_web_url">http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky</field>
+    <field type="CharField" name="vcs_web_tree_base_url">http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/%path%?h=%branch%</field>
+    <field type="CharField" name="vcs_web_file_base_url">http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/%path%?h=%branch%</field>
   </object>
   <object model="orm.layer_version" pk="4">
     <field rel="ManyToOneRel" to="orm.layer" name="layer">2</field>
@@ -153,6 +159,9 @@
     <field type="CharField" name="name">meta-yocto-bsp</field>
     <field type="CharField" name="layer_index_url"></field>
     <field type="CharField" name="vcs_url">git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky</field>
+    <field type="CharField" name="vcs_web_url">http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky</field>
+    <field type="CharField" name="vcs_web_tree_base_url">http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/%path%?h=%branch%</field>
+    <field type="CharField" name="vcs_web_file_base_url">http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/%path%?h=%branch%</field>
   </object>
   <object model="orm.layer_version" pk="7">
     <field rel="ManyToOneRel" to="orm.layer" name="layer">3</field>
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/management/commands/lsupdates.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/management/commands/lsupdates.py
index 68c6c423d8..482908d483 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/management/commands/lsupdates.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/management/commands/lsupdates.py
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ class Command(NoArgsCommand):
                 l.description = li['description']
 
                 if created:
+                    # predefined layers in the fixtures (for example poky.xml)
+                    # always preempt the Layer Index for these values
                     l.vcs_url = li['vcs_url']
                     l.vcs_web_url = li['vcs_web_url']
                     l.vcs_web_tree_base_url = li['vcs_web_tree_base_url']