diff --git a/srcpkgs/getmail/template b/srcpkgs/getmail/template
index 6fe7edf6c3..8796ae3d66 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/getmail/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/getmail/template
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@ short_desc="A POP3 mail retriever with reliable Maildir and command delivery"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail"
-update_ignore="*a*"
 distfiles="http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/old-versions/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=f423269290e8afc0071cabeae88d3f1adfd9dc351041ac14a2d4e05b44ad3897
diff --git a/srcpkgs/getmail/update b/srcpkgs/getmail/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c857beffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/getmail/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*a*"