diff --git a/lang/ghc/Makefile b/lang/ghc/Makefile
index b154f69f6cf4..d31202bb5e96 100644
--- a/lang/ghc/Makefile
+++ b/lang/ghc/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	i386
 
 SRC_DIST=	ghc-${PORTVERSION}-src${EXTRACT_SUFX}:source
 BOOT_DIST4=	ghc-${PORTVERSION}-i386-unknown-freebsd4-boot${EXTRACT_SUFX}:boot
+BOOT_DIST5=	ghc-${PORTVERSION}-i386-unknown-freebsd5-boot${EXTRACT_SUFX}:boot
 BOOT_DIST=	ghc-${PORTVERSION}-i386-unknown-freebsd6-boot${EXTRACT_SUFX}:boot
 
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
@@ -27,16 +28,14 @@ OPTIONS=	PROFILE "Compile for profiling as well" on
 
 DISTFILES=	${SRC_DIST}
 
-.if ${OSVERSION} < 600000
-IGNORE=		unsupported at the moment
-.endif
-
 .if ${OSVERSION} < 500000
 DISTFILES+=	${BOOT_DIST4}
+IGNORE=		unsupported at the moment
 .else
-DISTFILES+=	${BOOT_DIST}
 .if ${OSVERSION} >= 600000
-LIB_DEPENDS+=	c.5:${PORTSDIR}/misc/compat5x
+DISTFILES+=	${BOOT_DIST}
+.else
+DISTFILES+=	${BOOT_DIST5}
 .endif
 .endif
 
diff --git a/lang/ghc/distinfo b/lang/ghc/distinfo
index fee28913dc62..6ba6f1fdaa24 100644
--- a/lang/ghc/distinfo
+++ b/lang/ghc/distinfo
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ SIZE (ghc-6.4.2-src.tar.bz2) = 6954958
 MD5 (ghc-6.4.2-i386-unknown-freebsd6-boot.tar.bz2) = a13232e025aec4a843a7601597bb866e
 SHA256 (ghc-6.4.2-i386-unknown-freebsd6-boot.tar.bz2) = d2b545b6c782adf26d71ad700ff1ac32b95d2b3832d7d00117372aa98d4245e3
 SIZE (ghc-6.4.2-i386-unknown-freebsd6-boot.tar.bz2) = 6769904
+MD5 (ghc-6.4.2-i386-unknown-freebsd5-boot.tar.bz2) = 23841ac90b84a9042ec534d70f108a7a
+SHA256 (ghc-6.4.2-i386-unknown-freebsd5-boot.tar.bz2) = 1dd25f9c390c9fe5d6eaef1aa15eea3d07e3cd8c71714d8fc4d0ece9230176f2
+SIZE (ghc-6.4.2-i386-unknown-freebsd5-boot.tar.bz2) = 6748815
 MD5 (patch-ghc-libraries_OpenAL.diff) = 327224640f535887d3b42001ad2e4f94
 SHA256 (patch-ghc-libraries_OpenAL.diff) = c89c43bf74249431910cd0b47a99a8b29ff77a9a446bd19b36dadac2754e6b20
 SIZE (patch-ghc-libraries_OpenAL.diff) = 683