diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-dbus/template b/srcpkgs/python-dbus/template
index 462c133cb73..e9d8a23f20a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-dbus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-dbus/template
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ short_desc="D-Bus Python2 bindings"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/DBusBindings"
+update_pkgname="dbus-python"
 distfiles="http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-python/dbus-python-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=e12c6c8b2bf3a9302f75166952cbe41d6b38c3441bbc6767dbd498942316c6df