diff --git a/main/alpine-conf/0001-libalpine-make-vecho-and-qecho-return-success.patch b/main/alpine-conf/0001-libalpine-make-vecho-and-qecho-return-success.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cbc91b2b8d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/alpine-conf/0001-libalpine-make-vecho-and-qecho-return-success.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From 5d90f33f62375f23367d3c5a7badd2d7f1031744 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
+Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:49:04 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] libalpine: make vecho and qecho return success
+
+vecho should return success even if $VERBOSE is empty. Similar, qecho
+should return success even if $QUIET is empty.
+
+fixes !4
+---
+ libalpine.sh.in | 8 ++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libalpine.sh.in b/libalpine.sh.in
+index d7b79fa..0f96b9f 100644
+--- a/libalpine.sh.in
++++ b/libalpine.sh.in
+@@ -26,12 +26,16 @@ echon () {
+ 
+ # echo if in verbose mode
+ vecho() {
+-	[ -n "$VERBOSE" ] && echo "$@"
++	if [ -n "$VERBOSE" ]; then
++		echo "$@"
++	fi
+ }
+ 
+ # echo unless quiet mode
+ qecho() {
+-	[ -z "$QUIET" ] && echo "$@"
++	if [ -z "$QUIET" ]; then
++		echo "$@"
++	fi
+ }
+ 
+ # echo to stderr
+-- 
+2.25.0
+
diff --git a/main/alpine-conf/APKBUILD b/main/alpine-conf/APKBUILD
index 1c9e25696a0..30ce30a7306 100644
--- a/main/alpine-conf/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/alpine-conf/APKBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
 pkgname=alpine-conf
 pkgver=3.8.3
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="Alpine configuration management scripts"
 url="https://git.alpinelinux.org/alpine-conf/about"
 arch="all"
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ license="MIT"
 depends="openrc>=0.24.1-r6 busybox>=1.26.1-r3"
 source="https://dev.alpinelinux.org/archive/alpine-conf/alpine-conf-$pkgver.tar.xz
 	0001-libalpine-use-correct-exit-code-in-trap.patch
+	0001-libalpine-make-vecho-and-qecho-return-success.patch
 	"
 
 builddir="$srcdir"/$pkgname-$pkgver
@@ -26,4 +27,5 @@ package() {
 }
 
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