diff --git a/net-mgmt/realmd/Makefile b/net-mgmt/realmd/Makefile
index f293d975151f..57c1133cbe38 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/realmd/Makefile
+++ b/net-mgmt/realmd/Makefile
@@ -1,50 +1,47 @@
 PORTNAME=	realmd
 PORTVERSION=	0.17.1
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	net-mgmt
 
 MAINTAINER=	fluffy@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	DBus service for configuring kerberos and other online identities
 WWW=		https://www.freedesktop.org/software/realmd/
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	gsed:textproc/gsed
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpolkit-gobject-1.so:sysutils/polkit
 
 USES=		autoreconf gettext gmake gnome gssapi:mit,flags iconv ldap \
 		libtool localbase pathfix pkgconfig ssl tar:bz2
 USE_GNOME=	glib20
 
 USE_GITLAB=	yes
 GL_SITE=	https://gitlab.freedesktop.org
 GL_ACCOUNT=	realmd
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 TEST_TARGET=	check
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=   sed=${LOCALBASE}/bin/gsed
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	${GSSAPI_CONFIGURE_ARGS} \
 		--with-distro=freebsd \
 		--without-systemd-journal \
 		--without-systemd-unit-dir
 CONFIGURE_ENV+=	KRB5_CONFIG=${KRB5CONFIG}
 
 DOCS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	doc
 DOCS_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/share/xsl/docbook/manpages/docbook.xsl:textproc/docbook-xsl \
 			xsltproc:textproc/libxslt \
 			xmlto:textproc/xmlto
 
 SUB_FILES=	realmd-freebsd.conf
 SUB_LIST=	SAMBA=samba${SAMBA_DEFAULT:S/.//}
 
-post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's/INSTALL_PROGRAM/INSTALL_DATA/g' ${WRKSRC}/service/Makefile.am
-
 pre-install:
 	@${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKDIR}/realmd-freebsd.conf ${WRKSRC}/service/realmd-freebsd.conf
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net-mgmt/realmd/files/patch-service_Makefile.am b/net-mgmt/realmd/files/patch-service_Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..456cd612fa65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-mgmt/realmd/files/patch-service_Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- service/Makefile.am.orig	2025-01-22 07:21:00 UTC
++++ service/Makefile.am
+@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ install-service:
+ 
+ # Install and uninstall the config for this distro
+ install-service:
+-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -d $(DESTDIR)$(privatedir)
+-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -d $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/realmd
+-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -d $(DESTDIR)$(cachedir)
++	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(privatedir)
++	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(localstatedir)/lib/realmd
++	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 755 -d $(DESTDIR)$(cachedir)
+ 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/service/realmd-$(DISTRO).conf $(DESTDIR)$(privatedir)/realmd-distro.conf
+ uninstall-service:
+ 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(privatedir)/realmd-distro.conf