diff --git a/srcpkgs/cracklib/template b/srcpkgs/cracklib/template
index e6dc09feec5..31f5fe14294 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cracklib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cracklib/template
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ short_desc="Password Checking Library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://cracklib.sourceforge.net/"
+update_ignore="*pre*"
 distfiles="
  ${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/cracklib/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz
  ${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/cracklib/${pkgname}-words-1.2.gz"