diff --git a/x11/i3/Makefile b/x11/i3/Makefile
index 62f1becf154..87062cfc8b0 100644
--- a/x11/i3/Makefile
+++ b/x11/i3/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.121 2019/09/04 20:24:04 sthen Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.122 2019/09/04 20:25:48 sthen Exp $
 
 COMMENT =	improved dynamic tiling window manager
 
 DISTNAME =	i3-4.17.1
-REVISION =	0
+REVISION =	1
 
 CATEGORIES =	x11
 
diff --git a/x11/i3/patches/patch-i3-msg_main_c b/x11/i3/patches/patch-i3-msg_main_c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa505702430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11/i3/patches/patch-i3-msg_main_c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-i3-msg_main_c,v 1.6 2019/09/04 20:25:48 sthen Exp $
+
+Index: i3-msg/main.c
+--- i3-msg/main.c.orig
++++ i3-msg/main.c
+@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static yajl_callbacks config_callbacks = {
+ };
+ 
+ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+-#if defined(__OpenBSD__)
++#if 0
+     if (pledge("stdio rpath unix", NULL) == -1)
+         err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pledge");
+ #endif
diff --git a/x11/i3/patches/patch-src_main_c b/x11/i3/patches/patch-src_main_c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b46460cb1e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11/i3/patches/patch-src_main_c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-src_main_c,v 1.19 2019/09/04 20:25:48 sthen Exp $
+
+Index: src/main.c
+--- src/main.c.orig
++++ src/main.c
+@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+         xcb_free_pixmap(conn, pixmap);
+     }
+ 
+-#if defined(__OpenBSD__)
++#if 0
+     if (pledge("stdio rpath wpath cpath proc exec unix", NULL) == -1)
+         err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pledge");
+ #endif