diff --git a/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/template b/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/template
index f2665fdd54d..3e174f28e3e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/template
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="EPL"
 homepage="http://gcc.gnu.org/java/"
 checksum=98fd128f1d374d9e42fd9d4836bdd249c6d511ebc6c0df17fbc1b9df96c3d781
+update_pkgname=ecj
 distfiles="http://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/java/ecj-${version}.jar"
 
 do_extract() {