diff --git a/sysutils/roottail/Makefile b/sysutils/roottail/Makefile
index 02ce469e5a61..a4c24b00f2cd 100644
--- a/sysutils/roottail/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/roottail/Makefile
@@ -6,16 +6,17 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	roottail
-PORTVERSION=	0.2
+PORTVERSION=	1.1
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/data/
 DISTNAME=	root-tail-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	jedgar@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	Simple utility to tail files/logs to a root X window
+COMMENT=	Print text directly to X11 root window
 
 MAN1=		root-tail.1
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/root-tail
 USE_IMAKE=	yes
+MAKE_ARGS=	CC="${CC}"
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/roottail/distinfo b/sysutils/roottail/distinfo
index 00fc7263ddae..f7276d219b8b 100644
--- a/sysutils/roottail/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/roottail/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-MD5 (root-tail-0.2.tar.gz) = 92c217c21c4388413b8fb3e0d9ffb6ac
-SIZE (root-tail-0.2.tar.gz) = 12014
+MD5 (root-tail-1.1.tar.gz) = adb925c2781892bb5dcbdf9d5e579032
+SIZE (root-tail-1.1.tar.gz) = 20124
diff --git a/sysutils/roottail/files/patch-aa b/sysutils/roottail/files/patch-aa
index 2ae41937a887..cc752b4659dc 100644
--- a/sysutils/roottail/files/patch-aa
+++ b/sysutils/roottail/files/patch-aa
@@ -1,31 +1,64 @@
---- root-tail.c.orig	Wed May  8 22:54:47 2002
-+++ root-tail.c	Sun Mar 16 10:41:37 2003
-@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
- void list_files(int);
- void force_reopen(int);
- void force_refresh(int);
-+void exit_now(int);
- void blank_window(int);
+--- root-tail.c.orig	Thu Apr  8 21:58:28 2004
++++ root-tail.c	Wed Jun 23 14:06:13 2004
+@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
+ void list_files (int);
+ void force_reopen (int);
+ void force_refresh (int);
++void exit_now (int);
+ void blank_window (int);
  
- void InitWindow(void);
-@@ -128,6 +129,12 @@
-     redraw();
+ void InitWindow (void);
+@@ -198,6 +199,13 @@
  }
  
-+void exit_now(int signal)
+ void
++exit_now (int signal)
 +{
-+    fprintf (stderr, "Program exiting due to signal: %d\n", signal);
-+    exit(-1);
++  fprintf (stderr, "Program exiting due to signal: %d\n", signal);
++  exit(-1);
 +}
 +
- void blank_window(int dummy)
++void
+ blank_window (int dummy)
  {
-     XClearWindow(disp, root);
-@@ -685,6 +692,7 @@
-     install_signal(SIGHUP, force_reopen);
-     install_signal(SIGUSR1, list_files);
-     install_signal(SIGUSR2, force_refresh);
-+    install_signal(SIGSEGV, exit_now);
+   XClearArea (disp, root, win_x, win_y, width + MARGIN_OF_ERROR, height, False);
+@@ -655,11 +663,12 @@
+ char *
+ concat_line (char *p1, const char *p2)
+ {
++  int l1,l2;
++  char *r;
+   assert(p2);
  
-     if (opt_daemonize)
- 	daemonize();
+-  int l1 = p1 ? strlen (p1) : 0;
+-  int l2 = strlen (p2);
+-  char *r;
++  l1 = p1 ? strlen (p1) : 0;
++  l2 = strlen (p2);
+ 
+   if (p1)
+     r = xrealloc(p1, l1 + l2 + 1);
+@@ -925,6 +934,7 @@
+       int wrapped = 0;
+       char *break_p = NULL;
+       int width_at_break_p = 0;
++      int prefix_len;
+       spaces = 0;
+ 
+       if (opt_justify)
+@@ -992,7 +1002,6 @@
+       if (!wrapped)
+         break;
+ 
+-      int prefix_len;
+ 
+       /* choose where to break the line */
+       if (opt_wordwrap && break_p && break_p != beg)
+@@ -1501,6 +1510,7 @@
+   install_signal (SIGHUP, force_reopen);
+   install_signal (SIGUSR1, list_files);
+   install_signal (SIGUSR2, force_refresh);
++  install_signal (SIGSEGV, exit_now);
+ 
+   if (opt_daemonize)
+     daemonize ();