diff --git a/srcpkgs/debootstrap/template b/srcpkgs/debootstrap/template
index 4ca1b626bd..79fcdff43d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/debootstrap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/debootstrap/template
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ short_desc="Bootstrap a basic Debian system"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="custom"
 homepage="http://packages.qa.debian.org/d/debootstrap.html"
-update_ignore="*~*"
 distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/d/${pkgname}/${pkgname}_${version}_all.deb
  ${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/d/debian-archive-keyring/debian-archive-keyring_2014.1_all.deb"
 checksum="d3bab5314adc6337e1ebfbcedf5d3e324e3f90aa3e09f10a1abcd9779e4d5bbc
diff --git a/srcpkgs/debootstrap/update b/srcpkgs/debootstrap/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b6b8246dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/debootstrap/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*~*"