diff --git a/packages/dash/build.sh b/packages/dash/build.sh
index 834660a89..fb6c040ff 100644
--- a/packages/dash/build.sh
+++ b/packages/dash/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Small POSIX-compliant implementation of /bin/sh"
+TERMUX_PKG_ESSENTIAL=yes
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.5.8
-TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_REVISION=2
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_REVISION=3
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/files/dash-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
 
 termux_step_post_make_install () {