diff --git a/devel/libPropList/Makefile b/devel/libPropList/Makefile
index 24bbe73bd4cb..0e1feeff15bd 100644
--- a/devel/libPropList/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libPropList/Makefile
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ DISTNAME=	libPropList-${PORTVERSION}
 MAINTAINER=	sobomax@FreeBSD.org
 
 USE_LIBTOOL=	yes
+USE_AUTOCONF=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/libPropList/files/patch-ab b/devel/libPropList/files/patch-ab
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b31be14b3f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/libPropList/files/patch-ab
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+--- filehandling.c.orig	Tue Feb 15 03:03:56 2000
++++ filehandling.c	Wed Jun  7 01:03:50 2000
+@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@
+   
+   if (atomically)
+     {
++#ifndef HAVE_MKSTEMP
+       theFileName = tmpnam(NULL);
+       strcpy(tmp_fileName, theFileName);
+ 
+@@ -492,14 +493,33 @@
+ 	} 
+       
+       theFileName = strcat(dirname, basename);
++#else /* HAVE_MKSTEMP */
++      int fd;
++
++      strcpy(tmp_fileName, "/tmp/tmp.XXXXXX");
++      if ((fd = mkstemp(tmp_fileName)) == -1)
++
++        goto failure; /* Not reached */
++
++      if ((theFile = fdopen(fd, "w+")) == NULL)
++
++        goto failure; /* Not reached */
++
++      theFileName = tmp_fileName;
++#endif
+     } 
+   else
+     { 
+       theFileName = theRealFileName;
++#ifdef HAVE_MKSTEMP
++      theFile = fopen(theFileName, "w");
++#endif /* HAVE_MKSTEMP */
+     } 
+ 
+   /* Open the file (whether temp or real) for writing. */
++#ifndef HAVE_MKSTEMP
+   theFile = fopen(theFileName, "w");
++#endif /* ! HAVE_MKSTEMP */
+ 
+   if (theFile == NULL)          /* Something went wrong; we weren't
+                                  * even able to open the file. */
diff --git a/devel/libPropList/files/patch-ac b/devel/libPropList/files/patch-ac
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..77b6877daf8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/libPropList/files/patch-ac
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- work/libPropList-0.10.1/configure.in	Sun Apr  2 00:41:39 2000
++++ configure.in	Wed Jun  7 00:39:07 2000
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
+ AC_FUNC_MEMCMP
+ AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
+ 
+-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(gethostname gettimeofday mkdir rmdir select strstr)
++AC_CHECK_FUNCS(gethostname gettimeofday mkdir mkstemp rmdir select strstr)
+ 
+ AC_CHECK_FUNC(socket,,
+         AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, socket, XTRALIBS="$XTRALIBS -lsocket",))