diff --git a/misc/mc/Makefile b/misc/mc/Makefile
index 9cba3415ef32..45329cbe272e 100644
--- a/misc/mc/Makefile
+++ b/misc/mc/Makefile
@@ -33,4 +33,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ENV=	CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include" \
 MAN1=		midc.1
 MAN8=		mcserv.8
 
+post-patch:
+	${PERL} -i -p -e 's,%%PREFIX%%,${PREFIX},g' ${WRKSRC}/vfs/extfs/uzip.in
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/mc/files/patch-ai b/misc/mc/files/patch-ai
index 9ab65e350498..928ae75deb6d 100644
--- a/misc/mc/files/patch-ai
+++ b/misc/mc/files/patch-ai
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  #
  
 -DZIP=/usr/bin
-+DZIP=/usr/local/bin
++DZIP=%%PREFIX%%/bin
  XZIP="$DZIP/zip -g"
  XDZIP="$DZIP/zip -d"
  XUNZIP="$DZIP/unzip"