diff --git a/packages/util-linux/build.sh b/packages/util-linux/build.sh
index e2e0f503d..df1e3e9ca 100644
--- a/packages/util-linux/build.sh
+++ b/packages/util-linux/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Util-linux
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Miscellaneous system utilities"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.35.1
+TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=1
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION:0:4}/util-linux-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=d9de3edd287366cd908e77677514b9387b22bc7b88f45b83e1922c3597f1d7f9
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses, libcrypt, zlib"
+TERMUX_PKG_ESSENTIAL=true
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="util-linux-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="util-linux-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="