diff --git a/devel/boehm-gc/patches/patch-aa b/devel/boehm-gc/patches/patch-aa
index e565efd4a46..58063a0e900 100644
--- a/devel/boehm-gc/patches/patch-aa
+++ b/devel/boehm-gc/patches/patch-aa
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 --- Makefile.orig	Thu Aug 21 02:17:10 1997
-+++ Makefile	Mon Apr 19 23:34:04 1999
++++ Makefile	Tue Apr 20 09:43:01 1999
 @@ -8,14 +8,40 @@
  #	 c++ interface to gc.a
  # cord/de - builds dumb editor based on cords.
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 +# The new c++-t and c++-nt (test and notest) are because we don't want
 +# to fill anyone's log with leak messages! - MMCG
 +
-+CFLAGS= -O -DNO_SIGNALS -DALL_INTERIOR_POINTERS -DATOMIC_UNCOLLECTABLE \
++CFLAGS= -g -O -DNO_SIGNALS -DALL_INTERIOR_POINTERS -DATOMIC_UNCOLLECTABLE \
 +		-DNO_EXECUTE_PERMISSION -DSILENT -DREDIRECT_MALLOC=GC_malloc
 +
 +LEAKFLAGS=$(CFLAGS) -DFIND_LEAK
diff --git a/devel/boehm-gc/patches/patch-ae b/devel/boehm-gc/patches/patch-ae
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d2e096743ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/boehm-gc/patches/patch-ae
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- dbg_mlc.c.orig	Tue Apr 22 20:06:56 1997
++++ dbg_mlc.c	Tue Apr 20 09:59:53 1999
+@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
+ {
+     register GC_PTR base = GC_base(p);
+     register ptr_t clobbered;
+-    register GC_PTR result = GC_debug_malloc(lb, s, i);
++    register GC_PTR result;
+     register size_t copy_sz = lb;
+     register size_t old_sz;
+     register hdr * hhdr;
+@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@
+     if (old_sz < copy_sz) copy_sz = old_sz;
+     if (result == 0) return(0);
+     BCOPY(p, result,  copy_sz);
++    GC_debug_free(p);
+     return(result);
+ }
+