diff --git a/security/dropbear/Makefile b/security/dropbear/Makefile
index 7a2c35eddeb1..56fad223a05e 100644
--- a/security/dropbear/Makefile
+++ b/security/dropbear/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.23 2007/09/06 19:15:10 jlam Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.24 2009/08/26 21:10:11 snj Exp $
 
-DISTNAME=	dropbear-0.50
-PKGREVISION=	2
+DISTNAME=	dropbear-0.52
 CATEGORIES=	security
 MASTER_SITES=	http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/releases/
 
-MAINTAINER=	pkgsrc-users@NetBSD.org
+MAINTAINER=	snj@NetBSD.org
 HOMEPAGE=	http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
-COMMENT=	SSH2 server, aimed at embedded market
+COMMENT=	Small SSH2 server and client, aimed at embedded market
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_TOOLS+=	gmake
 
+PKG_DESTDIR_SUPPORT=	user-destdir
+
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--sysconfdir=${PKG_SYSCONFDIR:Q}
 
 PKG_OPTIONS_VAR=	PKG_OPTIONS.dropbear
@@ -21,24 +22,47 @@ PKG_SUPPORTED_OPTIONS=	pam
 .if !empty(PKG_OPTIONS:Mpam)
 .  include "../../mk/pam.buildlink3.mk"
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-pam
+SUBST_CLASSES+=		pam
+SUBST_MESSAGE.pam=	Enabling PAM in options.h
+SUBST_STAGE.pam=	post-patch
+SUBST_FILES.pam=	options.h
+SUBST_SED.pam=		-e "s/ENABLE_SVR_PASSWORD_AUTH/ENABLE_SVR_PAM_AUTH/"
 .endif
 
 MAKEFLAGS+=	ROOT_USER=${ROOT_USER:Q} ROOT_GROUP=${ROOT_GROUP:Q}
 
+OWN_DIRS+=		${PKG_SYSCONFDIR}/dropbear
+
 SUBST_CLASSES+=		config
 SUBST_MESSAGE.config=	Fixing path to config directory.
 SUBST_STAGE.config=	post-build
 SUBST_FILES.config=	dropbear.8 dropbearkey.8
 SUBST_SED.config=	-e "s,/etc/dropbear/,"${PKG_SYSCONFDIR:Q}"/dropbear/,g"
 
-INSTALLATION_DIRS=	${PKGMANDIR}/man1 ${PKGMANDIR}/man8
+# used by dbscp
+CPPFLAGS+=		-D_PATH_SSH_PROGRAM="\"${PREFIX}/bin/dbclient\""
+
+# XXX use base xauth if present, otherwise _ass_ume pkgsrc. better than nothing
+.if exists(${X11BASE}/bin/xauth)
+CPPFLAGS+=-DXAUTH_COMMAND="\"${X11BASE}/bin/xauth\""
+.else
+CPPFLAGS+=-DXAUTH_COMMAND="\"${X11PREFIX}/bin/xauth\""
+.endif
+
+INSTALLATION_DIRS=	share/doc/dropbear ${PKGMANDIR}/man1 ${PKGMANDIR}/man8
+
+BUILD_TARGET=		all scp
 
 post-install:
-	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/dbclient.1 ${PREFIX}/${PKGMANDIR}/man1
-	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/dropbear.8 ${PREFIX}/${PKGMANDIR}/man8
-	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/dropbearkey.8 ${PREFIX}/${PKGMANDIR}/man8
-	${INSTALL_DATA_DIR} ${PREFIX}/share/doc/dropbear
-	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/README ${PREFIX}/share/doc/dropbear
+	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/dbclient.1 \
+		${DESTDIR}/${PREFIX}/${PKGMANDIR}/man1
+	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/dropbear.8 \
+		${DESTDIR}/${PREFIX}/${PKGMANDIR}/man8
+	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/dropbearkey.8 \
+		${DESTDIR}/${PREFIX}/${PKGMANDIR}/man8
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/README \
+		${DESTDIR}/${PREFIX}/share/doc/dropbear
+	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/scp ${DESTDIR}/${PREFIX}/bin/dbscp
 
 .include "../../devel/zlib/buildlink3.mk"
 .include "../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk"
diff --git a/security/dropbear/PLIST b/security/dropbear/PLIST
index a1e2b935cf46..1759e0be19b0 100644
--- a/security/dropbear/PLIST
+++ b/security/dropbear/PLIST
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-@comment $NetBSD: PLIST,v 1.4 2009/06/14 18:13:28 joerg Exp $
+@comment $NetBSD: PLIST,v 1.5 2009/08/26 21:10:11 snj Exp $
 bin/dbclient
+bin/dbscp
 bin/dropbearconvert
 bin/dropbearkey
 man/man1/dbclient.1
diff --git a/security/dropbear/distinfo b/security/dropbear/distinfo
index f6bcda467430..5fbd2e0021f5 100644
--- a/security/dropbear/distinfo
+++ b/security/dropbear/distinfo
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.16 2007/09/06 19:15:10 jlam Exp $
+$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.17 2009/08/26 21:10:11 snj Exp $
 
-SHA1 (dropbear-0.50.tar.gz) = 6f56bc88bc29a99c58fe85c98a60249b9782ef36
-RMD160 (dropbear-0.50.tar.gz) = c5e643cf068d6cdc19f5da8318ec90e0a0dfb0c3
-Size (dropbear-0.50.tar.gz) = 1790358 bytes
+SHA1 (dropbear-0.52.tar.gz) = ae927e8b90059a7ba2b2b514d9824c12885b1949
+RMD160 (dropbear-0.52.tar.gz) = 3cc8398ffc265e28d8c8d3c80845236b143a6268
+Size (dropbear-0.52.tar.gz) = 1789901 bytes
 SHA1 (patch-aa) = 01bf4d80c4e76f9a60341b448cd7e77b2a03c286
-SHA1 (patch-ab) = 2eb7675e013edbe80b0e456dbaac310f1bb6cbbc
+SHA1 (patch-ab) = 911a0525f309386901d32c23404d13ae67c2e2d1
 SHA1 (patch-ac) = 69b1349bb47ad6a6ae02096f1ebde87a1461dd9b
-SHA1 (patch-af) = 356a8ac535d2d08ff9fd9fe7e84ae58181ce32a0
diff --git a/security/dropbear/patches/patch-ab b/security/dropbear/patches/patch-ab
index bb684c839076..002400a1b248 100644
--- a/security/dropbear/patches/patch-ab
+++ b/security/dropbear/patches/patch-ab
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
-$NetBSD: patch-ab,v 1.6 2007/09/05 21:08:06 drochner Exp $
+$NetBSD: patch-ab,v 1.7 2009/08/26 21:10:11 snj Exp $
 
---- options.h.orig	2007-08-08 17:39:37.000000000 +0200
-+++ options.h
-@@ -132,8 +132,11 @@ etc) slower (perhaps by 50%). Recommende
-  * but there's an interface via a PAM module - don't bother using it otherwise.
-  * You can't enable both PASSWORD and PAM. */
+--- options.h.orig	2009-08-26 13:15:07.000000000 -0700
++++ options.h	2009-08-26 13:15:14.000000000 -0700
+@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ etc) slower (perhaps by 50%). Recommende
  
-+#ifdef DISABLE_PAM
- #define ENABLE_SVR_PASSWORD_AUTH
--/*#define ENABLE_SVR_PAM_AUTH */ /* requires ./configure --enable-pam */
-+#else
-+#define ENABLE_SVR_PAM_AUTH /* requires ./configure --enable-pam */
-+#endif
- #define ENABLE_SVR_PUBKEY_AUTH
+ /* This is used by the scp binary when used as a client binary. If you're
+  * not using the Dropbear client, you'll need to change it */
+-#define _PATH_SSH_PROGRAM "/usr/bin/dbclient"
++/*#define _PATH_SSH_PROGRAM "/usr/bin/dbclient"*/
  
- #define ENABLE_CLI_PASSWORD_AUTH
+ /* Whether to log commands executed by a client. This only logs the 
+  * (single) command sent to the server, not what a user did in a 
diff --git a/security/dropbear/patches/patch-af b/security/dropbear/patches/patch-af
deleted file mode 100644
index 29190f135069..000000000000
--- a/security/dropbear/patches/patch-af
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-$NetBSD: patch-af,v 1.1 2007/09/06 16:07:51 jlam Exp $
-
---- cli-runopts.c.orig	2007-08-08 11:39:36.000000000 -0400
-+++ cli-runopts.c
-@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ void cli_getopts(int argc, char ** argv)
- #endif
- 	char* dummy = NULL; /* Not used for anything real */
- 
-+	char* recv_window_arg = NULL;
-+	char* keepalive_arg = NULL;
-+
- 	/* see printhelp() for options */
- 	cli_opts.progname = argv[0];
- 	cli_opts.remotehost = NULL;
-@@ -114,8 +117,6 @@ void cli_getopts(int argc, char ** argv)
- 	opts.ipv6 = 1;
- 	*/
- 	opts.recv_window = DEFAULT_RECV_WINDOW;
--	char* recv_window_arg = NULL;
--	char* keepalive_arg = NULL;
- 
- 	/* Iterate all the arguments */
- 	for (i = 1; i < (unsigned int)argc; i++) {