diff --git a/japanese/groff/patches/patch-devnippon_Makefile_sub b/japanese/groff/patches/patch-devnippon_Makefile_sub
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd1de4cdce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/japanese/groff/patches/patch-devnippon_Makefile_sub
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-devnippon_Makefile_sub,v 1.1 2006/09/23 15:50:09 espie Exp $
+--- devnippon/Makefile.sub.orig	Sat Sep 23 17:48:02 2006
++++ devnippon/Makefile.sub	Sat Sep 23 17:48:38 2006
+@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ PROG=createM
+ OBJS=createM.o
+ CSRCS=createM.c
+ 
++$(PROG): $(OBJS)
++	$(CC) -o $@ $(OBJS)
++
+ $(FONTS): R.proto
+ 	@echo Making $@
+ 	@-rm -f $@