diff --git a/devel/log4cpp/Makefile b/devel/log4cpp/Makefile
index 85bb4ffe5f4d..9f7c957417f6 100644
--- a/devel/log4cpp/Makefile
+++ b/devel/log4cpp/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:S,b,,}
+CONFIGURE_TARGET=	--build=${ARCH}-portbld-freebsd${OSREL}
 INSTALLS_SHLIB=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/log4cpp/files/patch-config::ltmain.sh b/devel/log4cpp/files/patch-config::ltmain.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..661af1feefb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/log4cpp/files/patch-config::ltmain.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- config/ltmain.sh.orig	Thu Jul  5 23:41:01 2001
++++ config/ltmain.sh	Fri Mar  1 22:56:44 2002
+@@ -2408,6 +2408,9 @@
+ 	  *-*-netbsd*)
+ 	    # Don't link with libc until the a.out ld.so is fixed.
+ 	    ;;
++	  *-*-freebsd*)
++	    # FreeBSD doesn't need this...
++	    ;;
+ 	  *)
+ 	    # Add libc to deplibs on all other systems if necessary.
+ 	    if test "$build_libtool_need_lc" = "yes"; then
+@@ -4175,10 +4178,12 @@
+ 	fi
+ 
+ 	# Install the pseudo-library for information purposes.
++	if /usr/bin/false; then
+ 	name=`$echo "X$file" | $Xsed -e 's%^.*/%%'`
+ 	instname="$dir/$name"i
+ 	$show "$install_prog $instname $destdir/$name"
+ 	$run eval "$install_prog $instname $destdir/$name" || exit $?
++	fi
+ 
+ 	# Maybe install the static library, too.
+ 	test -n "$old_library" && staticlibs="$staticlibs $dir/$old_library"
diff --git a/devel/log4cpp/pkg-plist b/devel/log4cpp/pkg-plist
index 262a09a58b71..5134aa04b610 100644
--- a/devel/log4cpp/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/log4cpp/pkg-plist
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ include/log4cpp/TimeStamp.hh
 include/log4cpp/config-openvms.h
 include/log4cpp/config-win32.h
 include/log4cpp/config.h
-@dirrm include/log4cpp
 lib/liblog4cpp.a
-lib/liblog4cpp.la
 lib/liblog4cpp.so
 lib/liblog4cpp.so.3
+@dirrm include/log4cpp