diff --git a/srcpkgs/emacs-ess/template b/srcpkgs/emacs-ess/template
index 631e335f46e..88bb906cbc5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/emacs-ess/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/emacs-ess/template
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ reverts="18.10r1_1"
 version=18.10.2
 revision=2
 archs=noarch
-wrksrc="ess-${version}"
+create_wrksrc=yes
+build_wrksrc="ess-${version}"
 makedepends="emacs perl"
 depends="emacs R"
 short_desc="Emacs Speaks Statistics: A Universal Interface for Statistical Analysis"