diff --git a/net/rsync/Makefile b/net/rsync/Makefile
index 930083f00ca8..b373b1feb482 100644
--- a/net/rsync/Makefile
+++ b/net/rsync/Makefile
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ MAN5=		rsyncd.conf.5
 pre-configure:
 	@${PERL} -pi.orig -e 's:/etc/:${PREFIX}/etc/:g'  \
 		${WRKSRC}/rsync.h ${WRKSRC}/rsync.1 ${WRKSRC}/rsyncd.conf.5
+	@${PERL} -pi.orig -e 's|malloc.h|stdlib.h|g' \
+		${WRKSRC}/rsync.h ${WRKSRC}/zlib/zutil.h
 .if defined(WITH_SSH)
 	@${PERL} -pi.orig-rsh -e 's/"rsh"/"ssh"/g' ${WRKSRC}/rsync.h
 .endif