diff --git a/srcpkgs/eglibc/template b/srcpkgs/eglibc/template
index 72009ccf39..270bb24249 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/eglibc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/eglibc/template
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ pkgname=eglibc
 _distver="2.15.1"
 _datesvn="20120525"
 version="${_distver}.${_datesvn}"
+revision=1
 wrksrc="eglibc-${_distver}_${_datesvn}"
 depends="base-files eglibc-locales>=$version"
 makedepends="bison perl"
 provides="glibc-${_distver}"
+replaces="glibc>=0"
+softreplace=yes
 subpackages="eglibc-locales eglibc-devel eglibc-nscd"
 nostrip_files="ld-$version.so libc-$version.so libpthread-$version.so libthread_db-1.0.so"
 conf_files="/etc/rpc /etc/ld.so.conf /etc/nsswitch.conf"