diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template
index ecb0a496ba3..26dcb8c5472 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # NOTE: keep this package synchronized with "srcpkgs/xbps".
 pkgname=xbps-static
 version=0.44
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=configure
 short_desc="The XBPS package system utilities - static binaries"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0001-xbps-checkvers-8-fix-manually-added-packages-as-argu.patch b/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0001-xbps-checkvers-8-fix-manually-added-packages-as-argu.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b7c4c3082a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0001-xbps-checkvers-8-fix-manually-added-packages-as-argu.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From acb00d52e48ad6486c1dccc6cfa26ce57370a8b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 09:11:12 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] xbps-checkvers(8): fix manually added packages as arguments.
+
+Regression introduced in the 0.44 changes.
+---
+ bin/xbps-checkvers/main.c | 9 ++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/bin/xbps-checkvers/main.c b/bin/xbps-checkvers/main.c
+index 5a6ac65..a57b370 100644
+--- bin/xbps-checkvers/main.c
++++ bin/xbps-checkvers/main.c
+@@ -589,6 +589,7 @@ rcv_check_version(rcv_t *rcv)
+ 
+ 	xbps_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(rcv->pkgd, "pkgver", &repover);
+ 
++
+ 	if (repover == NULL && (rcv->show_missing || rcv->manual )) {
+ 		printf("pkgname: %.*s repover: ? srcpkgver: %s\n",
+ 			(int)pkgname.v.len, pkgname.v.s, srcver+pkgname.v.len+1);
+@@ -732,7 +733,13 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+ 		tmpl = argv[i] + (strlen(argv[i]) - strlen("template"));
+ 		if ((strcmp("template", tmpl)) == 0) {
+-			rcv_process_file(&rcv, argv[i], rcv_check_version);
++			/* strip "srcpkgs/" prefix if found */
++			if (strncmp(argv[i], "srcpkgs/", 8) == 0)
++				tmpl = strchr(argv[i], '/') + 1;
++			else
++				tmpl = argv[i];
++
++			rcv_process_file(&rcv, tmpl, rcv_check_version);
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ 	rcv_end(&rcv);
+-- 
+2.3.1
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps/template b/srcpkgs/xbps/template
index 1d5e60af6bf..01693f4ace5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'xbps'
 pkgname=xbps
 version=0.44
-revision=1
+revision=2
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=configure
 short_desc="The XBPS package system utilities"