diff --git a/srcpkgs/socklog/template b/srcpkgs/socklog/template
index e1394989ac4..ae693a9b788 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/socklog/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/socklog/template
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ short_desc="Small and secure syslogd replacement for use with runit"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="custom"
 homepage="http://smarden.org/socklog/"
-update_site="http://smarden.org/socklog/install.html"
 distfiles="http://smarden.org/socklog/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=aa869a787ee004da4e5509b5a0031bcc17a4ab4ac650c2ce8d4e488123acb455
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/socklog/update b/srcpkgs/socklog/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e84f2f1e96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/socklog/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="http://smarden.org/socklog/install.html"