diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibc/template b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
index f59e75b47b..891ecb7a6e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glibc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'glibc'
 pkgname=glibc
 version=2.14.1
-revision=7
+revision=8
 short_desc="The GNU C library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc"
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ conf_files="/etc/rpc /etc/ld.so.conf /etc/nsswitch.conf"
 subpackages="glibc-devel glibc-locales nscd"
 depends="base-files libgcc glibc-locales"
 makedepends="bison perl"
+replaces="glibc>=0"
+softreplace=yes
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=6e85a2fa3ebe6b28103361f09d27eeda37a021f24dab73f34064456d5a715b3b
 long_desc="