diff --git a/srcpkgs/bftpd/patches/paths.patch b/srcpkgs/bftpd/patches/paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2de63d36d2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/bftpd/patches/paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ OBJS=bftpdutmp.o commands.o commands_adm
+ SRCS=bftpdutmp.c commands.c commands_admin.c cwd.c dirlist.c list.c login.c logging.c main.c mystring.c options.c md5.c
+ 
+ OBJS2LINK=$(OBJS) $(PAX)
+-LDFLAGS=
++LDFLAGS=@LDFLAGS@
+ 
+ all: bftpd
+ 
+@@ -37,18 +37,12 @@ endif
+ %.o: %.d
+ 
+ install: all
+-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/sbin
+-	$(INSTALL) -g 0 -m 700 -o 0 bftpd $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/sbin
++	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/bin
++	$(INSTALL) -g 0 -m 700 -o 0 bftpd $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/bin
+ 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(mandir)/man8
+ 	$(INSTALL) -g 0 -m 644 -o 0 bftpd.8 $(DESTDIR)/$(mandir)/man8
+-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/etc
+-	[ -f $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/etc/bftpd.conf ] || \
+-		$(INSTALL) -g 0 -m 600 -o 0 bftpd.conf $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/etc
+-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/var/log
+-	touch $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/var/log/bftpd.log
+-	chmod 644 $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/var/log/bftpd.log
+-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/var/run/bftpd
+-	chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)/$(prefix)/var/run/bftpd
++	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/etc
++	$(INSTALL) -g 0 -m 600 -o 0 bftpd.conf $(DESTDIR)/etc
+ 
+ clean distclean:
+ 	rm -f *~ $(OBJS) bftpd mksources.finished config.cache
+--- a/mypaths.h
++++ b/mypaths.h
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ #define PATH_BFTPD_CONF "/etc/bftpd.conf"
+-#ifdef PREFIX
++#if 0
+ #define PATH_BFTPD_CONF_WITH_PREFIX PREFIX"/etc/bftpd.conf"
+ #endif
+ #define PATH_STATUSLOG "/dev/null"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bftpd/template b/srcpkgs/bftpd/template
index 7c456ad4fc6..90aef98844a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bftpd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bftpd/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=bftpd
 version=6.1
 revision=1
-wrksrc="$pkgname"
+wrksrc="bftpd"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-libz"
 makedepends="zlib-devel"
@@ -14,14 +14,10 @@ distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/bftpd/bftpd-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=9721d0614e1a5d0fe6b80c9a8a04ada8efd42cbdfddd239e95a8059ae283aa6f
 
 CFLAGS="-fcommon"
-
-post_configure() {
-	vsed -i -e "s|LDFLAGS=$|LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS}|" \
-		-e "s|sbin|bin|g" \
-		Makefile
-}
+make_build_args=V=1
+make_dirs="/var/run/bftpd 0755 root root"
+conf_files="/etc/bftpd.conf"
 
 post_install() {
 	vsv bftpd
-	vconf bftpd.conf
 }