diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 6dc2fb49f72e57760bea358815b962eb3b29d450..43cf68e9e4d095af581955b71854e662664a457e 100755
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ builddeps() {
 		msg "Entering $dir"
 		cd "$dir" && $0 -k -r apkcache || return 1
 	done
-	$SUDO apk add --repo -u "$apkcache" \
+	$SUDO apk add -u --repo "$apkcache" \
 		--virtual .makedepends-$pkgname $deps
 }