diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-minimal/template b/srcpkgs/base-container/template
similarity index 59%
rename from srcpkgs/base-minimal/template
rename to srcpkgs/base-container/template
index f43f0c3ccc3..3778e3ae956 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/base-minimal/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/base-container/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Template file for 'base-minimal'
-pkgname=base-minimal
+# Template file for 'base-container'
+pkgname=base-container
 version=0.3
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=meta
-short_desc="Void Linux base system meta with minimal tools"
+short_desc="Void Linux base system meta for minimal containers/chroots"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="Public Domain"
 homepage="https://www.voidlinux.org/"
@@ -17,3 +17,9 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl) depends+=" musl";;
 	*) depends+=" glibc-locales";;
 esac
+
+base-minimal_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
+	build_style=meta
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-minimal b/srcpkgs/base-minimal
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..4b836ce7986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/base-minimal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+base-container
\ No newline at end of file