diff --git a/srcpkgs/nftables/template b/srcpkgs/nftables/template
index a5a4973b94..b6eeec706f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nftables/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nftables/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ short_desc="Netfilter nftables userspace tools"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/"
-update_ignore="0.0*"
 distfiles="http://www.netfilter.org/projects/${pkgname}/files/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=f6ca69b75c68915f9f3a3972274ec68354dfbbcfc0b9fc55c813a0525c351d3c
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nftables/update b/srcpkgs/nftables/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2fe3a776a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nftables/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="0.0*"