diff --git a/comms/wspr/Makefile b/comms/wspr/Makefile
index 56bca2115d98..7de376becaa5 100644
--- a/comms/wspr/Makefile
+++ b/comms/wspr/Makefile
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ do-build:
 	(cd ${WRKSRC};${GMAKE})
 
 post-install:
+	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/wspr/WsprMod/w.so
+
 .if defined(BOOTSTRAP)
 #portlint freaks over this but it's only for dev ignore.
 SVN_REV!=	svn info svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/wsjt/wsjt/branches/wspr | ${GREP} Revision | cut -d' ' -f2
diff --git a/comms/wspr/files/patch-configure.ac b/comms/wspr/files/patch-configure.ac
index 2378e1096adb..8246f6b87920 100644
--- a/comms/wspr/files/patch-configure.ac
+++ b/comms/wspr/files/patch-configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
---- configure.ac.orig	2015-07-27 16:22:02 UTC
+--- configure.ac.orig	2016-04-08 05:56:23 UTC
 +++ configure.ac
 @@ -10,18 +10,33 @@ dnl ------------------------------------
  dnl path vars
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
  	;;
 +	*freebsd* )
 +		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fpic"
-+		FFLAGS="-O2 -m64 -Wall -fbounds-check -fno-second-underscore \
++		FFLAGS="-O2 -m"$(/usr/bin/getconf LONG_BIT)" -Wall -fbounds-check -fno-second-underscore \
 +-Wno-conversion -Wno-character-truncation -fPIC"	;;
  	*)
  		AC_MSG_ERROR([Unsupported System: ${host_os}.])