diff --git a/net/libdnet/Makefile b/net/libdnet/Makefile
index dcd80acd7fba..d2cb512a4070 100644
--- a/net/libdnet/Makefile
+++ b/net/libdnet/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	libdnet
 PORTVERSION=	1.7
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	net
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${OSVERSION} >= 500037
-BROKEN=		libdnet does not currently support ipfw 2
+EXTRA_PATCHES=	${PATCHDIR}/configure.patch
 .endif
 
 MAN3=	dnet.3
diff --git a/net/libdnet/files/configure.patch b/net/libdnet/files/configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..782ed8707b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/libdnet/files/configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- configure.orig	Tue Aug 19 13:57:02 2003
++++ configure	Tue Aug 19 13:57:21 2003
+@@ -4609,8 +4609,6 @@
+ 
+ if test "$ac_cv_header_net_pfvar_h" = yes ; then
+ 	LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS fw-pf.$ac_objext"
+-elif test "$ac_cv_header_netinet_ip_fw_h" = yes ; then
+-	LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS fw-ipfw.$ac_objext"
+ elif test "$ac_cv_header_netinet_ip_fil_h" = yes ; then
+ 	LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS fw-ipf.$ac_objext"
+ elif test "$ac_cv_header_linux_ip_fw_h" = yes ; then