diff --git a/mail/postfix/Makefile b/mail/postfix/Makefile
index aba96ca917..9691a11750 100644
--- a/mail/postfix/Makefile
+++ b/mail/postfix/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=postfix
 PKG_VERSION:=3.5.8
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:= \
diff --git a/mail/postfix/patches/500-crosscompile.patch b/mail/postfix/patches/500-crosscompile.patch
index c7448a3a1a..0988099a96 100644
--- a/mail/postfix/patches/500-crosscompile.patch
+++ b/mail/postfix/patches/500-crosscompile.patch
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@
  case $# in
   # Officially supported usage.
 - 0) SYSTEM=`(uname -s) 2>/dev/null`
-+ 0) SYSTEM="OpenWRT"
++ 0) SYSTEM="OpenWrt"
      RELEASE=`(uname -r) 2>/dev/null`
      # No ${x%%y} support in Solaris 11 /bin/sh
      RELEASE_MAJOR=`expr "$RELEASE" : '\([0-9]*\)'` || exit 1
-@@ -242,6 +242,15 @@ case "$SYSTEM" in
+@@ -242,6 +242,17 @@ case "$SYSTEM" in
  esac
  
  case "$SYSTEM.$RELEASE" in
-+   OpenWRT*)    SYSTYPE=LINUX$RELEASE_MAJOR
++   OpenWrt*)    SYSTYPE=LINUX5
++		AR="${CC-gcc}-ar"
++		RANLIB="${CC-gcc}-ranlib"
 +		SYSLIBS="$SYSLIBS -ldl"
 +		: ${SHLIB_SUFFIX=.so}
 +		: ${SHLIB_CFLAGS=-fPIC}