diff --git a/math/octave-forge-fileio/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-fileio/Makefile
index 9183634385a5..8b62cb625fef 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-fileio/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave-forge-fileio/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	octave-forge-fileio
 DISTVERSION=	1.1.1
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	stephen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Octave-forge package ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}
 WWW=		https://packages.octave.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKDIR}/${OCTAVE_SRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		octave
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	reprostat
 GH_PROJECT=	fileio
 
 OCTAVE_SRC=	${GH_PROJECT}-${DISTVERSION}
 
+WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${OCTAVE_SRC}	# Required so that patch will apply.
+
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-fileio/files/patch-DESCRIPTION b/math/octave-forge-fileio/files/patch-DESCRIPTION
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5baa99e9bf35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/octave-forge-fileio/files/patch-DESCRIPTION
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- DESCRIPTION.orig	2023-05-16 19:23:40 UTC
++++ DESCRIPTION
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ name: fileio
+-version: 1.1.0
++version: 1.1.1
+ date: 2023-01-05
+ author: Tibor Auer <tibor.auer@gmail.com>
+ maintainer: Tibor Auer <tibor.auer@gmail.com>