diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 78453946c99..5170229b4e2 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -4276,3 +4276,4 @@ libsqsh.so.1 libsqsh-1.3.0_1
 libunicode.so.0.4 libunicode-0.4.0_1
 libunicode_ucd.so.0.4 libunicode-0.4.0_1
 libunicode_loader.so.0.4 libunicode-0.4.0_1
+force-stage.so.0.1 void-force-stage-0.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/void-force-stage-unstage b/srcpkgs/void-force-stage-unstage
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..fe71373af37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/void-force-stage-unstage
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+void-force-stage
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/void-force-stage/template b/srcpkgs/void-force-stage/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..41f0a0986a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/void-force-stage/template
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Template file for 'void-force-stage'
+pkgname=void-force-stage
+version=0.1
+revision=1
+build_style=meta
+short_desc="force the repository into staging mode"
+maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.org>"
+license="BSD-2-Clause"
+homepage="https://voidlinux.org/"
+
+shlib_requires="force-stage.so.0.1"
+
+void-force-stage-unstage_package() {
+	shlib_provides="force-stage.so.0.1"
+	pkg_install() {
+		:
+	}
+}