diff --git a/sysutils/ntpstat/Makefile b/sysutils/ntpstat/Makefile
index 73ef98aede5b..2e7ec43dbfdd 100644
--- a/sysutils/ntpstat/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/ntpstat/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 PORTNAME=	ntpstat
 DISTVERSION=	0.6
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 
 MAINTAINER=	cy@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Print the ntpd or chronyd synchronisation status
 WWW=		https://github.com/mlichvar/ntpstat
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash \
 		gawk:lang/gawk
 
 USES=		shebangfix
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	ntpstat
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	mlichvar
 
-MAKE_ARGS=	prefix="${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}" mandir="${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share"
+MAKE_ARGS=	prefix="${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}"
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's/awk/gawk/g' ${WRKSRC}/ntpstat
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/ntpstat/files/patch-Makefile b/sysutils/ntpstat/files/patch-Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0203258eaa2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/ntpstat/files/patch-Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- Makefile.orig	2020-06-11 03:31:47.000000000 -0700
++++ Makefile	2024-01-11 08:21:31.317545000 -0800
+@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
+ NAME = ntpstat
+ 
+-prefix = /usr/local
+ bindir = $(prefix)/bin
+ mandir = $(prefix)/share/man
+ man1dir = $(mandir)/man1