diff --git a/xbps-src/shutils/fetch_funcs.sh b/xbps-src/shutils/fetch_funcs.sh
index 1667600cf4c..334def30ac2 100644
--- a/xbps-src/shutils/fetch_funcs.sh
+++ b/xbps-src/shutils/fetch_funcs.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ fetch_distfiles()
 	#
 	[ "$build_style" = "meta-template" ] && return 0
 
+	[ -f "$XBPS_FETCH_DONE" ] && return 0
+
 	#
 	# If nofetch is set in a build template, skip this phase
 	# entirely and run the do_fetch() function.
@@ -144,4 +146,5 @@ fetch_distfiles()
 	done
 
 	unset cksum found
+	touch -f $XBPS_FETCH_DONE
 }
diff --git a/xbps-src/shutils/tmpl_funcs.sh b/xbps-src/shutils/tmpl_funcs.sh
index 31f9d410bc1..6a178959af8 100644
--- a/xbps-src/shutils/tmpl_funcs.sh
+++ b/xbps-src/shutils/tmpl_funcs.sh
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ prepare_tmpl()
 	[ -z "$wrksrc" ] && wrksrc="$pkgname-$version"
 	wrksrc="$XBPS_BUILDDIR/$wrksrc"
 
+	XBPS_FETCH_DONE="$wrksrc/.xbps_fetch_done"
 	XBPS_EXTRACT_DONE="$wrksrc/.xbps_extract_done"
 	XBPS_APPLYPATCHES_DONE="$wrksrc/.xbps_applypatches_done"
 	XBPS_CONFIGURE_DONE="$wrksrc/.xbps_configure_done"