diff --git a/archivers/pbzip2/Makefile b/archivers/pbzip2/Makefile
index 8c8b1f716db0..4c63e487822f 100644
--- a/archivers/pbzip2/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/pbzip2/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	pbzip2
 DISTVERSION=	1.1.13
 CATEGORIES=	archivers
 MASTER_SITES=	https://launchpad.net/${PORTNAME}/1.1/${DISTVERSION}/+download/
 
 MAINTAINER=	farrokhi@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Parallel BZIP2
 WWW=		https://launchpad.net/pbzip2/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD4CLAUSE
 
 MAKE_ARGS=	CFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}" CC="${CXX}"
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/pbzip2 bin/pbunzip2 \
 		share/man/man1/pbzip2.1.gz share/man/man1/pbunzip2.1.gz
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,PRI[iu]MAX, & ,g' ${WRKSRC}/pbzip2.cpp \
 		${WRKSRC}/BZ2StreamScanner.cpp
-.if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && ${OSVERSION} < 1500053
+.if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && (${OSVERSION} < 1403508 || \
+	${OSVERSION} >= 1500000 && ${OSVERSION} < 1500053)
 # Spell target sources to be understood by both BSD and GNU make(1)
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/-O2/s,^,#, ; s,$$^,$$>&,' \
 		${WRKSRC}/Makefile
 .endif
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/
 	${LN} -sf ${PORTNAME} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/pbunzip2
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/pbzip2.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1/
 	${LN} -sf pbzip2.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1/pbunzip2.1
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>