diff --git a/srcpkgs/openjdk9-bootstrap/template b/srcpkgs/openjdk9-bootstrap/template
index d42b6ea3874..6d85e3e6f17 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openjdk9-bootstrap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openjdk9-bootstrap/template
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ distfiles="
  http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk-updates/jdk9u/jdk/archive/jdk-${_repo_ver}.tar.bz2>jdk-${_repo_ver}-jdk.tar.bz2
  http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk-updates/jdk9u/langtools/archive/jdk-${_repo_ver}.tar.bz2>jdk-${_repo_ver}-langtools.tar.bz2
  http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk-updates/jdk9u/nashorn/archive/jdk-${_repo_ver}.tar.bz2>jdk-${_repo_ver}-nashorn.tar.bz2"
+repository=bootstrap
 
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  3807400280a3b92e9dd23fcdd76482162ce54af6fbbaa0777cb6235ad6a66fea