diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-curl/template b/srcpkgs/python-curl/template
index d9363054db2..125bee8ffb9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-curl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-curl/template
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ short_desc="Python2 interface to cURL library"
 homepage="http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/"
 license="LGPL-2.1, MIT"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+update_pkgname="pycurl"
 distfiles="http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/download/pycurl-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=69a0aa7c9dddbfe4cebf4d1f674c490faccf739fc930d85d8990ce2fd0551a43