diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-gconf/template b/srcpkgs/python-gconf/template
index 72a222c715f..6f83bc34209 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-gconf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-gconf/template
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ short_desc="Python bindings for interacting with GConf"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
+update_pkgname="gnome-python"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gnome-python/2.28/gnome-python-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=759ce9344cbf89cf7f8449d945822a0c9f317a494f56787782a901e4119b96d8