diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index 5aaabf63..e2396237 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ write_pkginfo() {
 
 	write_kv_pair "pkgname" "$pkgname"
 	write_kv_pair "pkgbase" "$pkgbase"
-	write_kv_pair "pkgtype" "$pkgtype"
+	write_kv_pair "data-pkgtype" "$pkgtype"
 
 	local fullver=$(get_full_version)
 	write_kv_pair "pkgver" "$fullver"