diff --git a/games/cowsay/Makefile b/games/cowsay/Makefile
index 3b92a6631bf..371a1aa1ef3 100644
--- a/games/cowsay/Makefile
+++ b/games/cowsay/Makefile
@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@ DISTNAME=	Acme-Cow-0.2
 MODULES=	cpan
 PKGNAME=	cowsay-0.2
 EPOCH=		0
-
-#GH_ACCOUNT=	tnalpgge
-#GH_PROJECT=	rank-amateur-cowsay
-#GH_COMMIT=	d66b866cf136502054e081b8714b09f7e43cd39f
-
-#DISTNAME=	cowsay-3.04
+REVISION=	0
 
 CATEGORIES=	games
 
diff --git a/games/cowsay/patches/patch-cowsay b/games/cowsay/patches/patch-cowsay
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f874a40f562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/cowsay/patches/patch-cowsay
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Index: cowsay
+--- cowsay.orig
++++ cowsay
+@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use Getopt::Std;
+ 
+ my $VERSION = "4.0";
+ my $progname = basename($0);
+-my $cowpath = $ENV{'COWPATH'} || ".";
++my $cowpath = $ENV{'COWPATH'} || "/usr/local/share/cows";
+ 
+ ## One of these days, we'll get it ported to Windows.  Yeah, right.
+ 
diff --git a/games/cowsay/patches/patch-cowthink b/games/cowsay/patches/patch-cowthink
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aeed9342d20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/cowsay/patches/patch-cowthink
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Index: cowthink
+--- cowthink.orig
++++ cowthink
+@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use Getopt::Std;
+ 
+ my $VERSION = "4.0";
+ my $progname = basename($0);
+-my $cowpath = $ENV{'COWPATH'} || ".";
++my $cowpath = $ENV{'COWPATH'} || "/usr/local/share/cows";
+ 
+ ## One of these days, we'll get it ported to Windows.  Yeah, right.
+