diff --git a/srcpkgs/nginx/template b/srcpkgs/nginx/template
index 28600dd81b1..3123b5621f8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nginx/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nginx/template
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ short_desc="A high performance web and reverse proxy server"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="Simplified BSD"
 homepage="http://nginx.org"
-update_ignore="*.[13579].*"
 distfiles="http://nginx.org/download/nginx-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=b5608c2959d3e7ad09b20fc8f9e5bd4bc87b3bc8ba5936a513c04ed8f1391a18
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nginx/update b/srcpkgs/nginx/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2f6f0fbddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nginx/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*.[13579].*"