diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template
index bd282deb7b..a4a76e0c17 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # NOTE: keep this package synchronized with "srcpkgs/xbps".
 pkgname=xbps-static
 version=0.50
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=configure
 short_desc="The XBPS package system utilities - static binaries"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0001-alternatives-fix-creation-of-symlinks-with-unexisten.patch b/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0001-alternatives-fix-creation-of-symlinks-with-unexisten.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb1ffc08ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0001-alternatives-fix-creation-of-symlinks-with-unexisten.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+From b3c7d27c6b9ffddda9914a9110680df91c6b17ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>
+Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 07:26:27 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] alternatives: fix creation of symlinks with unexistent
+ dirs.
+
+If an alternative needs to create /usr/bin/foo, and /usr/bin
+does not exist, this directory must be created prior to create
+the symlink.
+---
+ lib/package_alternatives.c           | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
+ tests/xbps/xbps-alternatives/main.sh |  8 ++++----
+ 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/lib/package_alternatives.c b/lib/package_alternatives.c
+index e4d94e3..510b536 100644
+--- lib/package_alternatives.c
++++ lib/package_alternatives.c
+@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ create_symlinks(struct xbps_handle *xhp, xbps_array_t a, const char *grname)
+ 	cnt = xbps_array_count(a);
+ 	for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
+ 		xbps_string_t str;
+-		char *tgt_dup, *tgt_dir;
++		char *tgt_dup, *tgt_dir, *lnk_dup, *lnk_dir;
+ 		char *l, *lnk, *tgt = NULL;
+ 		const char *tgt0;
+ 		int rv;
+@@ -171,12 +171,34 @@ create_symlinks(struct xbps_handle *xhp, xbps_array_t a, const char *grname)
+ 				xbps_dbg_printf(xhp, "failed to create symlink"
+ 				    "target dir '%s' for group '%s': %s\n",
+ 				    tgt, grname, strerror(errno));
++				free(tgt_dup);
+ 				free(tgt);
+ 				free(l);
+ 				return rv;
+ 			}
+ 		}
+ 		free(tgt);
++		/* always create link dir, for dangling symlinks */
++		lnk_dup = strdup(l);
++		assert(lnk_dup);
++		lnk_dir = dirname(lnk_dup);
++		lnk = xbps_xasprintf("%s%s", xhp->rootdir, lnk_dir);
++		if (xbps_mkpath(lnk, 0755) != 0) {
++			if (errno != EEXIST) {
++				rv = errno;
++				xbps_dbg_printf(xhp, "failed to create symlink"
++				    "dir '%s' for group '%s': %s\n",
++				    lnk, grname, strerror(errno));
++				free(tgt_dup);
++				free(tgt);
++				free(lnk_dup);
++				free(lnk);
++				free(l);
++				return rv;
++			}
++		}
++		free(lnk);
++		free(lnk_dup);
+ 
+ 		if (l[0] != '/') {
+ 			lnk = xbps_xasprintf("%s%s/%s", xhp->rootdir, tgt_dir, l);
+diff --git a/tests/xbps/xbps-alternatives/main.sh b/tests/xbps/xbps-alternatives/main.sh
+index e636894..facd290 100644
+--- tests/xbps/xbps-alternatives/main.sh
++++ tests/xbps/xbps-alternatives/main.sh
+@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ register_one_dangling_head() {
+ register_one_dangling_body() {
+ 	mkdir -p repo pkg_A/usr/bin
+ 	cd repo
+-	xbps-create -A noarch -n A-1.1_1 -s "A pkg" --alternatives "file:/usr/bin/file:/usr/bin/fileA file2:file2:/usr/include/fileB" ../pkg_A
++	xbps-create -A noarch -n A-1.1_1 -s "A pkg" --alternatives "file:/usr/bin/file:/usr/bin/fileA file2:/usr/lib/fileB:/usr/include/fileB" ../pkg_A
+ 	atf_check_equal $? 0
+ 	xbps-rindex -d -a $PWD/*.xbps
+ 	atf_check_equal $? 0
+@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ register_one_dangling_body() {
+ 	fi
+ 	atf_check_equal $rv 0
+ 	rv=1
+-	if [ -h root/usr/include/file2 ]; then
+-		lnk=$(readlink root/usr/include/file2)
+-		if [ "$lnk" = "fileB" ]; then
++	if [ -h root/usr/lib/fileB ]; then
++		lnk=$(readlink -f root/usr/lib/fileB)
++		if [ "$lnk" = "$PWD/root/usr/include/fileB" ]; then
+ 			rv=0
+ 		fi
+ 		echo "A lnk: $lnk"
+-- 
+2.6.3
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps/template b/srcpkgs/xbps/template
index 027d343454..22005a2001 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'xbps'
 pkgname=xbps
 version=0.50
-revision=2
+revision=3
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=configure
 short_desc="The XBPS package system utilities"