diff --git a/srcpkgs/cracklib/template b/srcpkgs/cracklib/template
index 31f5fe14294..e6dc09feec5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cracklib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cracklib/template
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ short_desc="Password Checking Library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://cracklib.sourceforge.net/"
-update_ignore="*pre*"
 distfiles="
  ${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/cracklib/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz
  ${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/cracklib/${pkgname}-words-1.2.gz"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cracklib/update b/srcpkgs/cracklib/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8758aff9cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/cracklib/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*pre*"