diff --git a/srcpkgs/hddtemp/template b/srcpkgs/hddtemp/template
index 787193f86e7..2402b9ca74a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hddtemp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hddtemp/template
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ distfiles="
 checksum="
  618541584054093d53be8a2d9e81c97174f30f00af91cb8700a97e442d79ef5b
  6f1ddaa9fbc90ea5c00b949e0981b78c5014e109de88804ae2512209091eae56"
+skip_extraction="hddtemp_${version/.b/-b}-53.diff.gz"
+
+post_extract() {
+	zcat ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/$skip_extraction |
+		patch -Np1 -F0
+}
 
 pre_configure() {
-	patch -p1 -i ../hddtemp_${version/.b/-b}-53.diff
-	rm ../hddtemp_${version/.b/-b}-53.diff
 	sed -i 's|/etc/hddtemp.db|/usr/share/hddtemp/hddtemp.db|' doc/hddtemp.8
 }
 post_install() {