diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
index 6502359156b..89437f02a38 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ chroot_handler() {
     [ -z "$action" -a -z "$pkg" ] && return 1
 
     case "$action" in
-        fetch|extract|build|check|configure|install|install-destdir|pkg|build-pkg|bootstrap-update|chroot)
+        fetch|extract|patch|build|check|configure|install|install-destdir|pkg|build-pkg|bootstrap-update|chroot)
             chroot_prepare || return $?
             chroot_init || return $?
             chroot_sync_repos || return $?