diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3.8.recipe b/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3.8.recipe
index ec8d546b1..528832831 100644
--- a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3.8.recipe
+++ b/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3.8.recipe
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 PATCH()
 {
 	for i in {001..008}; do
-		patch -p0 < ../../sources-$i/readline63-$i
+		echo "Applying patch $i..."
+		sed -e "s/\.\.\/readline-6.3\///" ../../sources-$i/readline63-$i \
+			| patch -p0
 	done
 }