diff --git a/srcpkgs/mate-applets/template b/srcpkgs/mate-applets/template
index 08be82242bb..01161a96181 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mate-applets/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mate-applets/template
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ homepage="http://mate-desktop.org"
 distfiles="http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=fceb0781d4481e805beb280e90a0ee3dabeca2238fef2de391fb0631541cec9f
 
-replaces="mate-netspeed"
+replaces="mate-netspeed>=0"
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	i686|x86_64)