diff --git a/srcpkgs/sox/template b/srcpkgs/sox/template
index 4773886546..262dfdcccf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sox/template
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ short_desc="Sound eXchange, the Swiss Army knife of audio manipulation"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://sox.sourceforge.net/"
-update_ignore="121*"
+update_ignore="121* *rc*"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=2cb40527f6957f2de27aea39fb5da3dda4ddf4aaef22812d643f40623dec0e40