diff --git a/templates/xf86vidmodeproto/template b/templates/xf86vidmodeproto/template
index 420d0ea7144..9d2dd2c7e77 100644
--- a/templates/xf86vidmodeproto/template
+++ b/templates/xf86vidmodeproto/template
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# Template build file for 'xf86vidmodeproto'.
 pkgname=xf86vidmodeproto
 version=2.2.2
 distfiles="${XORG_SITE}/proto/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
@@ -8,3 +9,5 @@ checksum=07152f990cc79ec5931989decc4a90b1919147e98ff6fcfe39507a9d3fc4d96e
 long_desc="
  This provides the XF86VidMode extension headers from modular X.org X11
  project."
+
+noarch=yes