diff --git a/net/ethereal/Makefile b/net/ethereal/Makefile
index bba77c96ce4..da674e5766f 100644
--- a/net/ethereal/Makefile
+++ b/net/ethereal/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-# Ports collection makefile for:  ethereal
-# Version required:     	  0.3.16
-# Date created:			  8 Sep 1998
-# Whom:				  Jakob Schlyter <jakob@carlstedt.se>
-# More information:               http://ethereal.zing.org/
-
-# What port/package will be created
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.2 1999/01/30 20:12:21 marc Exp $
 #
-DISTNAME=	ethereal-0.3.16
+DISTNAME=	ethereal-0.5.1
 CATEGORIES=	net x11
 
 # where to send comments about this port
@@ -30,4 +24,9 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	gtk\\.1\\.:${PORTSDIR}/x11/gtk+
 USE_X11=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
+# Ethereal puts what should be a shared data file in the "sysconfdir"
+# I'm moving it to "${RREFIX}/share/ethereal"
+#
+CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--sysconfdir="${PREFIX}/share/ethereal"
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/ethereal/files/md5 b/net/ethereal/files/md5
index 1fbe960c1eb..5f8522d9818 100644
--- a/net/ethereal/files/md5
+++ b/net/ethereal/files/md5
@@ -1 +1 @@
-MD5 (ethereal-0.3.16.tar.gz) = 49700f2373486e3f3324938acfe7e3ba
+MD5 (ethereal-0.5.1.tar.gz) = 0cb4499458fb7d20950e704486921c63
diff --git a/net/ethereal/patches/patch-aa b/net/ethereal/patches/patch-aa
index fc0c52ca345..93c54deb60c 100644
--- a/net/ethereal/patches/patch-aa
+++ b/net/ethereal/patches/patch-aa
@@ -1,19 +1,11 @@
-*** packet.c.orig	Sat Sep  5 22:23:47 1998
---- packet.c	Tue Sep  8 18:48:45 1998
-***************
-*** 209,215 ****
-  		case DLT_IEEE802 :
-  			dissect_tr(pd, fd, tree);
-  			break;
-! 		case DLT_RAW :
-  	        dissect_raw(pd, fd, tree);
-  			break;
-  	}
---- 209,215 ----
-  		case DLT_IEEE802 :
-  			dissect_tr(pd, fd, tree);
-  			break;
-! 		case DLT_LOOP :
-  	        dissect_raw(pd, fd, tree);
-  			break;
-  	}
+--- packet.c.orig	Sat Jan  2 22:22:32 1999
++++ packet.c	Wed Jan 20 01:09:46 1999
+@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
+ 		case DLT_PPP :
+ 			dissect_ppp(pd, fd, tree);
+ 			break;
+-		case DLT_RAW :
++		case DLT_LOOP :
+ 			dissect_raw(pd, fd, tree);
+ 			break;
+ 	}
diff --git a/net/ethereal/patches/patch-ab b/net/ethereal/patches/patch-ab
index bff9cb7224f..7d6d727bc37 100644
--- a/net/ethereal/patches/patch-ab
+++ b/net/ethereal/patches/patch-ab
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---- ethereal.c.~1~	Wed Sep 16 20:12:38 1998
-+++ ethereal.c	Tue Sep 22 12:25:51 1998
-@@ -122,8 +122,21 @@
+--- ethereal.c.orig	Tue Dec 29 05:08:17 1998
++++ ethereal.c	Wed Jan 20 01:10:24 1999
+@@ -163,8 +163,21 @@
      /* reload so it goes in effect. Also we set data_out_file which 
         tells the tcp code to output the data */
      close_cap_file( &cf, info_bar, file_ctx);
diff --git a/net/ethereal/pkg/PLIST b/net/ethereal/pkg/PLIST
index e1c2494708c..326ecaf687b 100644
--- a/net/ethereal/pkg/PLIST
+++ b/net/ethereal/pkg/PLIST
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 bin/ethereal
 man/man1/ethereal.1
+share/ethereal/manuf
+@dirrm share/ethereal