diff --git a/srcpkgs/blender/template b/srcpkgs/blender/template
index bf9699db700..0c1d3eb2862 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/blender/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/blender/template
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=blender
 version=2.70a
 revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-v${version}"
 hostmakedepends="cmake"
 # XXX missing deps: openexr, openimageio, opencolorio
 makedepends="libgomp-devel libpng-devel tiff-devel python3-devel glu-devel