diff --git a/options.conf b/options.conf
index 92c27d7..94aae05 100644
--- a/options.conf
+++ b/options.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ allow_test_failures = false
 # unset %build ld_as_needed variable
 asneeded = false
 # this package is trusted enough to automatically update (used by other tools)
-autoupdate = false
+autoupdate = true
 # extend flags with '-std=gnu++98
 broken_c++ = false
 # disable parallelization during build