diff --git a/services/matter b/services/matter
index 7d8d5d782..60d7a936b 100755
--- a/services/matter
+++ b/services/matter
@@ -1121,6 +1121,7 @@ Environment variables passed to --pkgpre/--pkgpost executables:
                         pkg_count = 0
                         tot_pkgs = len(spec["packages"])
                         for package in spec["packages"]:
+                            pkg_count += 1
                             builder = PackageBuilder(entropy_server, package,
                                 spec, spec_count, tot_spec, pkg_count,
                                 tot_pkgs)