diff --git a/etc/defaults.virtual b/etc/defaults.virtual
index e09a074e089..517bbbe8d4c 100644
--- a/etc/defaults.virtual
+++ b/etc/defaults.virtual
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ libudev eudev-libudev
 ntp-daemon chrony
 xserver-abi-input xorg-server
 xserver-abi-video xorg-server
+rkt-stage1 rkt-stage1-kvm
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rkt/template b/srcpkgs/rkt/template
index ef62e77c430..645410efefa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rkt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rkt/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'rkt'
 pkgname=rkt
-version=1.4.0
+version=1.5.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake wget cpio squashfs-tools bc gnupg git go"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/coreos/rkt"
 distfiles="$homepage/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=1ce98ff74aef3dc2c43025f2b458e6dbfeb6c7f756a313f4ecc2827fc84ce031
+checksum=00e8f40e4c55076ac46dbc84c600e4bf7b54a08f7b47b2aefe5608421ef0e652
 
 configure_args="--enable-tpm=no
 --with-stage1-flavors=fly,kvm,coreos