diff --git a/deskutils/wyrd/Makefile b/deskutils/wyrd/Makefile
index 70d95459bdca..4d5521d46a3c 100644
--- a/deskutils/wyrd/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/wyrd/Makefile
@@ -6,16 +6,18 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	wyrd
-PORTVERSION=	1.4.4
+PORTVERSION=	1.4.5
 CATEGORIES=	deskutils
 MASTER_SITES=	http://pessimization.com/software/wyrd/
 
-MAINTAINER=	raj@csub.edu
+MAINTAINER=	h.skuhra@gmail.com
 COMMENT=	A curses front end to remind
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/ocamlc:${PORTSDIR}/lang/ocaml
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/remind:${PORTSDIR}/deskutils/remind
 
+LICENSE=	GPLv2
+
 OPTIONS=	UTF8 "Enable UTF-8 support" off
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/deskutils/wyrd/distinfo b/deskutils/wyrd/distinfo
index 2802c1678dc2..f56149f9486d 100644
--- a/deskutils/wyrd/distinfo
+++ b/deskutils/wyrd/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-MD5 (wyrd-1.4.4.tar.gz) = a376c05ba614625da06082d850c742c7
-SHA256 (wyrd-1.4.4.tar.gz) = 154f5cefc86d43077f3c150e5b50a27d33fe7a7e50d7b90f39d16f054f5c570a
-SIZE (wyrd-1.4.4.tar.gz) = 226757
+SHA256 (wyrd-1.4.5.tar.gz) = c8844d85767b3b9cc9ce4f430e0ef83ba29d96c630f03c508eab5ab86204137b
+SIZE (wyrd-1.4.5.tar.gz) = 398294
diff --git a/deskutils/wyrd/files/patch-Makefile.in b/deskutils/wyrd/files/patch-Makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f1c5182d173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deskutils/wyrd/files/patch-Makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- Makefile.in.bak	2010-12-04 11:30:55.000000000 +0100
++++ Makefile.in	2010-12-04 11:31:19.000000000 +0100
+@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@
+ 
+ 
+ $(CURSES_CMA):
+-	make -C curses byte
++	$(MAKE) -C curses byte
+ 
+ $(CURSES_CMXA):
+-	make -C curses opt
++	$(MAKE) -C curses opt
+ 
+ 
+ # installation
diff --git a/deskutils/wyrd/files/patch-curses_configure b/deskutils/wyrd/files/patch-curses_configure
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9cb7c8c7c9e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deskutils/wyrd/files/patch-curses_configure
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- curses/configure.bak	2010-12-04 11:37:34.000000000 +0100
++++ curses/configure	2010-12-04 11:40:17.000000000 +0100
+@@ -3770,7 +3770,7 @@
+ done
+ 
+ 
+-CURSES_LIB_BASE=`expr "$CURSES_LIB" : '-l\(.*\)'`
++CURSES_LIB_BASE=$(expr \( "$CURSES_LIB" \) : \( '-l\(.*\)' \))
+ CPPFLAGS="$ORIG_CPPFLAGS"
+ LIBS="$ORIG_LIBS"
+