diff --git a/main/postmarketos-base-nofde/APKBUILD b/main/postmarketos-base-nofde/APKBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8bf611519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/postmarketos-base-nofde/APKBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# This package is necessary for bootstrapping the repository, do not merge it
+# back into postmarketos-base!
+# * postmarketos-initramfs depends on postmarketos-base-nofde
+# * postmarketos-base depends on postmarketos-initramfs
+#   (via provides: postmarketos-ramdisk)
+maintainer="Oliver Smith <ollieparanoid@postmarketos.org>"
+pkgname=postmarketos-base-nofde
+pkgver=62
+pkgrel=0
+pkgdesc="Dummy unlocker package for systems without FDE"
+url="https://postmarketos.org"
+arch="noarch"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+provides="postmarketos-fde-unlocker=0.0.0-r0"
+
+package() {
+	mkdir -p "$pkgdir"
+}
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-base/APKBUILD b/main/postmarketos-base/APKBUILD
index 9d77ad166..e426980a4 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-base/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/postmarketos-base/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 maintainer="Clayton Craft <clayton@craftyguy.net>"
 pkgname=postmarketos-base
 pkgver=61
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="Meta package for minimal postmarketOS base"
 url="https://postmarketos.org"
 arch="noarch"
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ subpackages="
 	$pkgname-mesa
 	$pkgname-nftables
 	$pkgname-nftables-openrc:nftables_openrc
-	$pkgname-nofde
 	$pkgname-nosplash
 	$pkgname-openrc
 	$pkgname-ssh
@@ -203,14 +202,6 @@ nftables_openrc() {
 	mkdir -p "$subpkgdir"
 }
 
-nofde() {
-	pkgdesc="Dummy unlocker package for systems without FDE"
-	depends=""
-	provides="postmarketos-fde-unlocker=0.0.0-r0"
-
-	mkdir "$subpkgdir"
-}
-
 nosplash() {
 	pkgdesc="Empty package to remove splash screen entirely"
 	provides="postmarketos-bootsplash-virtual"