diff --git a/devel/pth/Makefile b/devel/pth/Makefile
index 56f764f64e75..731da7015a0f 100644
--- a/devel/pth/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pth/Makefile
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	pth
 PORTVERSION=	1.4.1
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
-MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GNU} \
-		ftp://ftp.engelschall.com/sw/pth/
+MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GNU}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	pth
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ MAN3=		pth.3 pthread.3
 post-build:
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "===>  Use 'make test' to run a quick test suite."
 
+post-install:
+	@${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${FILESDIR}/pth.sh ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/000.pth.sh
+
 test:
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${MAKE} test
 
diff --git a/devel/pth/files/pth.sh b/devel/pth/files/pth.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f3004c3281e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/pth/files/pth.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if ! PREFIX=$(expr $0 : "\(/.*\)/etc/rc\.d/$(basename $0)\$"); then
+    echo "$0: Cannot determine the PREFIX" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+case "$1" in
+	start)
+		/sbin/ldconfig -m ${PREFIX}/lib/pth
+		;;
+	stop)
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo ""
+		echo "Usage: `basename $0` { start | stop }"
+		echo ""
+		exit 64
+		;;
+esac
diff --git a/devel/pth/pkg-plist b/devel/pth/pkg-plist
index 8b9e2b93dfd2..f7444db4a4a7 100644
--- a/devel/pth/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/pth/pkg-plist
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 bin/pth-config
 bin/pthread-config
+etc/rc.d/000.pth.sh
 include/pth/pth.h
 include/pth/pthread.h
 lib/pth/libpth.a