diff --git a/lang/libutils/Makefile b/lang/libutils/Makefile
index e7d17540ea03..984a42d16215 100644
--- a/lang/libutils/Makefile
+++ b/lang/libutils/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	libutils
 PORTVERSION=	1.0.3
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	lang
 MASTER_SITES=	http://savannah.gnu.org/download/nsl/ \
 		http://iling.nw.ru/~artem/downloads/ \
@@ -16,9 +17,10 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://savannah.gnu.org/download/nsl/ \
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Support lib for Tensile/NSL
 
+USE_GMAKE=	yes
 USE_LIBTOOL=	yes
-GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--prefix=${PREFIX}
+CONFIGURE_TARGET=	--build=${MACHINE_ARCH}-portbld-freebsd${OSREL}
+MAKE_ARGS=	CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
 INSTALLS_SHLIB=	yes
 
 MAN3=		libutils.3
diff --git a/lang/libutils/files/patch-configure b/lang/libutils/files/patch-configure
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c725d1bc1f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/libutils/files/patch-configure
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- configure.orig	Wed Jun 11 19:04:47 2003
++++ configure	Mon Jul 21 22:58:08 2003
+@@ -8085,6 +8085,7 @@
+ 
+ # This can be used to rebuild libtool when needed
+ LIBTOOL_DEPS="$ac_aux_dir/ltmain.sh"
++$ac_aux_dir/ltconfig $LIBTOOL_DEPS
+ 
+ # Always use our own libtool.
+ LIBTOOL='$(SHELL) $(top_builddir)/libtool'
diff --git a/lang/libutils/pkg-plist b/lang/libutils/pkg-plist
index b35626445802..b544d222d3c0 100644
--- a/lang/libutils/pkg-plist
+++ b/lang/libutils/pkg-plist
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ include/gfnmatch.h
 include/lists.h
 include/util.h
 lib/libutils.a
-lib/libutils.la
 lib/libutils.so
 lib/libutils.so.1
+share/aclocal/libutils.m4