diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-xdg/template b/srcpkgs/python-xdg/template
index 0ec6f30fe1..18a4d94926 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-xdg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-xdg/template
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ short_desc="Python2 library to access freedesktop.org standards"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://freedesktop.org/Software/pyxdg"
+update_pkgname="pyxdg"
 distfiles="http://www.freedesktop.org/~takluyver/pyxdg-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=81e883e0b9517d624e8b0499eb267b82a815c0b7146d5269f364988ae031279d