diff --git a/irc/ircservices/Makefile b/irc/ircservices/Makefile
index 2a173b2567af..6bd2cde5bf9e 100644
--- a/irc/ircservices/Makefile
+++ b/irc/ircservices/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.esper.net/ircservices/
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-5.0.0
 
 PATCH_SITES=	${MASTER_SITES}
-PATCHLEVEL=	49
+PATCHLEVEL=	50
 PATCHFILES!=	/usr/bin/jot -s " " -w ${DISTNAME:C/[0-9]*$//}%d.diff.gz  \
 			${PATCHLEVEL} 1 ${PATCHLEVEL}
 PATCH_DIST_STRIP=	-p1
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
 
 DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
-
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	-prefix ${PREFIX} -cflags "${CFLAGS}" -cc "${CC}"
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
@@ -34,6 +33,10 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS=	-prefix ${PREFIX} -cflags "${CFLAGS}" -cc "${CC}"
 BROKEN=		"Does not build on !i386"
 .endif
 
+.if ${OSVERSION} < 500039
+USE_GCC=	3.2+
+.endif
+
 post-install:
 	@${ECHO_CMD} "Installing ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/ircservices.sh.sample startup file."
 	@${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${FILESDIR}/ircservices.sh \
diff --git a/irc/ircservices/distinfo b/irc/ircservices/distinfo
index 2975eb322015..6e21bb377242 100644
--- a/irc/ircservices/distinfo
+++ b/irc/ircservices/distinfo
@@ -98,3 +98,5 @@ MD5 (ircservices/ircservices-5.0.48.diff.gz) = a41962598b609a2fa4827451e670cf57
 SIZE (ircservices/ircservices-5.0.48.diff.gz) = 944
 MD5 (ircservices/ircservices-5.0.49.diff.gz) = 1645eb889074dd8d2d37fa5d957235d2
 SIZE (ircservices/ircservices-5.0.49.diff.gz) = 48004
+MD5 (ircservices/ircservices-5.0.50.diff.gz) = b3137b27b89fa0db99bcc4bab5fd376f
+SIZE (ircservices/ircservices-5.0.50.diff.gz) = 18847