diff --git a/pkgtools/pkg_install/Makefile b/pkgtools/pkg_install/Makefile
index c1b4448408c6..9307e52e18c4 100644
--- a/pkgtools/pkg_install/Makefile
+++ b/pkgtools/pkg_install/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.39 2001/03/05 18:24:05 wiz Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.40 2001/03/07 00:17:29 hubertf Exp $
 
 # Note to package maintainers:
 # To update the distfile of this pkg, cd to /usr/src/usr.sbin,
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ WRKSRC=			${WRKDIR}/pkg_install
 MAKE_ENV+=		BINDIR=/usr/sbin MANDIR=/usr/share/man NOLINT=1
 NO_CONFIGURE=		yes
 NO_MTREE=		yes
-NO_PATCH=		yes
 NO_PKG_REGISTER=	yes
 NO_PACKAGE=		No package registration is done
 MANCOMPRESSED_IF_MANZ=	yes
diff --git a/pkgtools/pkg_install/patches/patch-aa b/pkgtools/pkg_install/patches/patch-aa
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aee26f800845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgtools/pkg_install/patches/patch-aa
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+$NetBSD: patch-aa,v 1.1 2001/03/07 00:17:29 hubertf Exp $
+
+Index: Makefile
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /cvsroot/basesrc/usr.sbin/pkg_install/Makefile,v
+retrieving revision 1.5
+diff -u -r1.5 Makefile
+--- Makefile	2001/01/09 03:13:43	1.5
++++ Makefile	2001/03/06 23:54:39
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ # $NetBSD: patch-aa,v 1.1 2001/03/07 00:17:29 hubertf Exp $
+ # Original from FreeBSD, no rcs id.
+ 
+-SUBDIR=lib .WAIT add admin create delete info
++#HF#SUBDIR=lib .WAIT add admin create delete info
++SUBDIR=lib add admin create delete info
+ 
+ .include <bsd.subdir.mk>
diff --git a/pkgtools/pkg_install/patches/patch-ab b/pkgtools/pkg_install/patches/patch-ab
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1a5450850b37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgtools/pkg_install/patches/patch-ab
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+$NetBSD: patch-ab,v 1.1 2001/03/07 00:17:30 hubertf Exp $
+
+Index: Makefile.inc
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /cvsroot/basesrc/usr.sbin/pkg_install/Makefile.inc,v
+retrieving revision 1.14
+diff -u -r1.14 Makefile.inc
+--- Makefile.inc	2001/01/07 08:00:58	1.14
++++ Makefile.inc	2001/03/06 23:54:39
+@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
+ 
+ .include <bsd.own.mk>
+ 
++.if !defined(PRINTOBJDIR)
++PRINTOBJDIR=   printf "xxx: .MAKE\n\t@echo \$${.OBJDIR}\n" | ${MAKE} -B -s -f-
++.endif
+ LIBINSTALL != cd ${.CURDIR}/../lib && ${PRINTOBJDIR}
+ CPPFLAGS+=-I${.CURDIR}/../lib ${DEBUG} -DBINDIR='"${BINDIR}"'
+