diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-polib/template b/srcpkgs/python-polib/template
index c56e142c1ca..1db977c9f8c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-polib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-polib/template
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ short_desc="A python2 library to manipulate gettext files"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://polib.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html"
 license="MIT"
+update_pkgname="${pkgname#*-}"
 distfiles="https://bitbucket.org/izi/polib/downloads/polib-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8b3276f75ce2fce9442e27db3ae63d842416e17f0e2095f39ff52dc735e5749a