diff --git a/net/pounce/Makefile b/net/pounce/Makefile
index 7e6926939a4..12530fdabe0 100644
--- a/net/pounce/Makefile
+++ b/net/pounce/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 COMMENT =	multi-client, TLS-only IRC bouncer
 
 DISTNAME =	pounce-3.0
+REVISION =	0
 
 CATEGORIES =	net
 
diff --git a/net/pounce/patches/patch-dispatch_c b/net/pounce/patches/patch-dispatch_c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e39ae9ff520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/pounce/patches/patch-dispatch_c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+unveil RW the path to the directory holding the sockets to the pounce
+instances.
+
+Index: dispatch.c
+--- dispatch.c.orig
++++ dispatch.c
+@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+ 	}
+ 
+ #ifdef __OpenBSD__
+-	error = unveil(path, "r");
++	error = unveil(path, "rw");
+ 	if (error) err(EX_OSERR, "unveil");
+ 
+ 	error = pledge("stdio rpath inet unix dns sendfd", NULL);