diff --git a/ports-mgmt/porttools/Makefile b/ports-mgmt/porttools/Makefile
index 84098686313c..1b31ad938604 100644
--- a/ports-mgmt/porttools/Makefile
+++ b/ports-mgmt/porttools/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	porttools
 PORTVERSION=	1.05
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	ports-mgmt
 
 MAINTAINER=	skreuzer@FreeBSD.org
diff --git a/ports-mgmt/porttools/files/patch-scripts_cmd__create.in b/ports-mgmt/porttools/files/patch-scripts_cmd__create.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1a018afe4742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports-mgmt/porttools/files/patch-scripts_cmd__create.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- scripts/cmd_create.in.orig	2015-07-15 17:45:24 UTC
++++ scripts/cmd_create.in
+@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ else
+ fi
+ 
+ PORTBASE=$(basename ${ARG_PORTNAME})
+-PORTPREFIX=$(echo ${PORTBASE} | cut -d- -f1)
++PORTPREFIX=$(echo ${PORTBASE} | cut -s -d- -f1)
+ 
+ # Work around the fact that R modules are
+ # prefixed with R-cran