diff --git a/editors/mg/Makefile b/editors/mg/Makefile
index c79a56974a86..39829150c1bf 100644
--- a/editors/mg/Makefile
+++ b/editors/mg/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.1.1.1 2009/02/13 11:04:14 abs Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.2 2009/02/13 11:13:40 abs Exp $
 #
 
 DISTNAME=	mg-20090107
@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@ MAKE_ENV+=	prefix=${PREFIX:Q}
 
 INSTALLATION_DIRS = bin ${PKGMANDIR}/man1
 
+CONFLICTS+=  	mg2a-[0-9]*
+
 .include "../../devel/ncurses/buildlink3.mk"
 .include "../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk"
diff --git a/editors/mg2a/Makefile b/editors/mg2a/Makefile
index 163ec52362d8..233aa571f227 100644
--- a/editors/mg2a/Makefile
+++ b/editors/mg2a/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.11 2008/05/25 14:45:17 tron Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.12 2009/02/13 11:13:40 abs Exp $
 
 DISTNAME=	mg2a
 PKGNAME=	mg2a-1.11
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ PKG_DESTDIR_SUPPORT=	user-destdir
 BUILD_TARGET=		mg
 INSTALLATION_DIRS=	bin ${PKGMANDIR}/man1
 
+CONFLICTS+=  	mg-[0-9]*
+
 pre-configure:
 	set -e; cd ${WRKSRC}; \
 	case ${OPSYS} in \