diff --git a/net-misc/axel/axel-2.4.recipe b/net-misc/axel/axel-2.4.recipe
index f5652c972..06dbb5445 100644
--- a/net-misc/axel/axel-2.4.recipe
+++ b/net-misc/axel/axel-2.4.recipe
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 SUMMARY="Light Unix download accelerator"
-DESCRIPTION="
-Axel tries to accelerate HTTP/FTP downloading process by using multiple \
-connections for one file. It can use multiple mirrors for a download. Axel has \
-no dependencies and is lightweight, so it might be useful as a wget clone on \
-byte-critical systems."
+DESCRIPTION="Axel tries to accelerate HTTP/FTP downloading process by using \
+multiple connections for one file. It can use multiple mirrors for a download. \
+Axel has no dependencies and is lightweight, so it might be useful as a wget \
+clone on byte-critical systems."
 HOMEPAGE="http://axel.alioth.debian.org/"
 COPYRIGHT="2001 Wilmer van der Gaast."
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
-REVISION="1"
+REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/axel/axel-2.4.tar.gz/a2a762fce0c96781965c8f9786a3d09d/axel-2.4.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="359a57ab4e354bcb6075430d977c59d33eb3e2f1415a811948fa8ae657ca8036"
-PATCHES="
-	axel-2.4.patch
-	"
+PATCHES="axel-2.4.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 ?x86 x86_64"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	axel = $portVersion
@@ -32,13 +29,21 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:make
 	"
 
+GLOBAL_WRITABLE_FILES="
+	settings/axel/axelrc keep-old
+"
+
 BUILD()
 {
-	./configure  --i18n=0
-	make
+	./configure \
+		--bindir=$binDir \
+		--etcdir=$settingsDir/axel \
+		--mandir=$manDir
+
+	make $jobArgs
 }
 
 INSTALL()
 {
-	make install DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}"
+	make install
 }
diff --git a/net-misc/axel/patches/axel-2.4.patch b/net-misc/axel/patches/axel-2.4.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b542048a6..000000000
--- a/net-misc/axel/patches/axel-2.4.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-diff -urN axel-2.4/configure axel-2.4-haiku/configure
---- axel-2.4/configure	2009-06-12 09:21:27.000000000 +0000
-+++ axel-2.4-haiku/configure	2009-06-12 09:16:10.000000000 +0000
-@@ -200,6 +200,26 @@
- 	echo 'Please keep in mind that you need GNU make to make Axel!'
- 	echo ''
- ;;
-+Haiku* )
-+	echo 'LFLAGS+=-lnetwork' >> Makefile.settings
-+	echo '#define NOGETOPTLONG' >> config.h
-+#	intl not yet working on Haiku
-+#	if [ "$i18n" = "1" ]; then
-+#		echo 'LFLAGS+=-lintl' >> Makefile.settings; 
-+#	fi
-+	echo '#define _IO(x,y)        (IOC_VOID|((x)<<8)|y)' >> config.h
-+	echo '#define _IOR(x,y,t)     (IOC_OUT|((sizeof(t)&IOCPARM_MASK)<<16)|((x)<<8)|y)' >> config.h
-+	echo '#define _IOW(x,y,t)     (IOC_IN|((sizeof(t)&IOCPARM_MASK)<<16)|((x)<<8)|y)' >> config.h
-+#	echo '/* this should be _IORW, but stdio got there first */' >> config.h
-+	echo '#define _IOWR(x,y,t)    (IOC_INOUT|((sizeof(t)&IOCPARM_MASK)<<16)|((x)<<8)|y)' >> config.h
-+	echo "#define SIOCGIFADDR     _IOWR('i',13, struct ifreq)     /* get ifnet address */" >> config.h
-+	echo '#define IOCPARM_MASK    0x7f            /* parameters must be < 128 bytes */' >> config.h
-+	echo '#define IOC_VOID        0x20000000      /* no parameters */' >> config.h
-+	echo '#define IOC_OUT         0x40000000      /* copy out parameters */' >> config.h
-+	echo '#define IOC_IN          0x80000000      /* copy in parameters */' >> config.h
-+	echo '#define IOC_INOUT       (IOC_IN|IOC_OUT)' >> config.h
-+#	echo '/* the 0x20000000 is so we can distinguish new ioctl's from old */' >> config.h	
-+;;
- CYGWIN_* )
- 	echo 'LFLAGS+=-lpthread' >> Makefile.settings
- 	if [ "$i18n" = "1" ]; then
-Binary files axel-2.4/conn.o and axel-2.4-haiku/conn.o differ
-Binary files axel-2.4/ftp.o and axel-2.4-haiku/ftp.o differ
-Binary files axel-2.4/http.o and axel-2.4-haiku/http.o differ
-Binary files axel-2.4/search.o and axel-2.4-haiku/search.o differ
-Binary files axel-2.4/tcp.o and axel-2.4-haiku/tcp.o differ
-Binary files axel-2.4/text.o and axel-2.4-haiku/text.o differ
diff --git a/net-misc/axel/patches/axel-2.4.patchset b/net-misc/axel/patches/axel-2.4.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43349e016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/axel/patches/axel-2.4.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From f86df22189a39918521e4b3470376e5bb6d77f17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Zolt=C3=A1n=20Mizsei?= <zmizsei@extrowerk.com>
+Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 18:58:10 +0200
+Subject: Haiku supporting patchset
+
+
+diff --git a/configure b/configure
+index 81ecb99..3e1e838 100755
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@ SunOS )
+ 	echo 'Please keep in mind that you need GNU make to make Axel!'
+ 	echo ''
+ ;;
++Haiku* )
++	echo 'LFLAGS+=-lnetwork' >> Makefile.settings
++	if [ "$i18n" = "1" ]; then
++		echo 'LFLAGS+=-lintl' >> Makefile.settings;
++	fi
++;;
+ CYGWIN_* )
+ 	echo 'LFLAGS+=-lpthread' >> Makefile.settings
+ 	if [ "$i18n" = "1" ]; then
+diff --git a/tcp.c b/tcp.c
+index 1551c23..7366c20 100644
+--- a/tcp.c
++++ b/tcp.c
+@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
+ 
+ #include "axel.h"
+ 
++#ifdef __HAIKU__
++#include <sys/sockio.h>
++#endif
++
+ /* Get a TCP connection */
+ int tcp_connect( char *hostname, int port, char *local_if )
+ {
+-- 
+2.12.2
+