diff --git a/sysutils/dateutils/Makefile b/sysutils/dateutils/Makefile
index 326390398acb..aa09e14e07e7 100644
--- a/sysutils/dateutils/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/dateutils/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,23 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	dateutils
 PORTVERSION=	0.4.1
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	https://bitbucket.org/hroptatyr/dateutils/downloads/
 
 MAINTAINER=	jessefrgsmith@yahoo.ca
 COMMENT=	Command line utilities for working with dates
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	help2man:misc/help2man
 
-BROKEN_powerpc64=	fails to compile: sysctl.h: expected declaration specifiers or ... before u_int
-
-USES=		pathfix tar:xz
+USES=		tar:xz
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 INFO=		dateutils
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/dateutils/files/patch-build-aux_Makefile.in b/sysutils/dateutils/files/patch-build-aux_Makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b8265dbe2dbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/dateutils/files/patch-build-aux_Makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- build-aux/Makefile.in.orig	2016-12-13 05:14:12 UTC
++++ build-aux/Makefile.in
+@@ -273,8 +273,7 @@ AM_CFLAGS = $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
+ BUILT_SOURCES = $(am__append_2)
+ EXTRA_DIST = $(am__append_3)
+ DISTCLEANFILES = $(am__append_4)
+-@HAVE_YUCK_FALSE@yuck_CPPFLAGS = -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L \
+-@HAVE_YUCK_FALSE@	-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700 -D_BSD_SOURCE \
++@HAVE_YUCK_FALSE@yuck_CPPFLAGS = -D_BSD_SOURCE \
+ @HAVE_YUCK_FALSE@	-D_ALL_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE \
+ @HAVE_YUCK_FALSE@	-D_NETBSD_SOURCE \
+ @HAVE_YUCK_FALSE@	-DYUCK_TEMPLATE_PATH='"$(abs_srcdir)"' \