diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-src/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-src/template
index d11562f6af..9cc0e69e46 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-src/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-src/template
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://code.google.com/p/xbps"
 license="GPL-2"
 
+bootstrap=yes
+
 do_fetch() {
 	local url="git://github.com/xtraeme/xbps-src"
 	msg_normal "Fetching source from $url ...\n"