diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibc/template b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
index b296b57341..80661c4297 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glibc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'glibc'
 pkgname=glibc
-version=2.16.0
-revision=4
+_majorver=2.16
+version=${_majorver}.0
+revision=5
 short_desc="The GNU C library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1, BSD"
-nostrip_files="ld-$version.so libc-$version.so libpthread-$version.so libthread_db-1.0.so"
+nostrip_files="
+ld-${_majorver}.so
+libc-${_majorver}.so
+libpthread-${_majorver}.so
+libthread_db-1.0.so
+"
 conf_files="/etc/rpc /etc/ld.so.conf /etc/nsswitch.conf"
 subpackages="glibc-devel glibc-locales nscd"
 depends="base-files glibc-locales"