diff --git a/bin/xbps-checkvers/main.c b/bin/xbps-checkvers/main.c
index 65ed8cd8..f4495c25 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-checkvers/main.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-checkvers/main.c
@@ -635,6 +635,7 @@ static void
 rcv_printf(rcv_t *rcv, FILE *fp, const char *pkgname, const char *repover,
     const char *srcver)
 {
+	char tmpl[128], *p;
 	const char *f;
 
 	for (f = rcv->format; *f; f++) {
@@ -659,6 +660,12 @@ rcv_printf(rcv_t *rcv, FILE *fp, const char *pkgname, const char *repover,
 		case 'n': fputs(pkgname, fp); break;
 		case 'r': fputs(repover, fp); break;
 		case 's': fputs(srcver, fp); break;
+		case 't':
+			xbps_strlcpy(tmpl, rcv->fname, sizeof tmpl);
+			if ((p = strchr(tmpl, '/')))
+				*p = '\0';
+			fputs(tmpl, fp);
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 	fputc('\n', fp);
diff --git a/bin/xbps-checkvers/xbps-checkvers.1 b/bin/xbps-checkvers/xbps-checkvers.1
index 186fd52b..b0046a6d 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-checkvers/xbps-checkvers.1
+++ b/bin/xbps-checkvers/xbps-checkvers.1
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ The package name.
 The repository version.
 .It Cm \&%s
 The source package version.
+.It Cm \&%t
+The requested template name (this can be a sub package).
 .El
 .Pp
 The default format is