diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-gobject/template b/srcpkgs/python-gobject/template
index ad8fd851edb..63d3f5fe3f1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-gobject/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-gobject/template
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pycompile_module="gi pygtkcompat"
 short_desc="Python2 bindings for GObject"
 homepage="https://live.gnome.org/PyGObject"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
+update_pkgname="pygobject"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/pygobject/${version%.*}/pygobject-${version}.tar.xz"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=da5fe04759e862d347b26b53a6aea0affa7cbe858b7004475fa8c7929496da35