diff --git a/templates/bash/template b/templates/bash/template
index 0e2f3b4344..69b823241f 100644
--- a/templates/bash/template
+++ b/templates/bash/template
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Template build file for 'bash'.
 pkgname=bash
-version=4.0
-revision=2
-distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-$version.tar.gz"
+bash_patchlevel=028
+bash_distver=4.0
+version=${bash_distver}.${bash_patchlevel}
+wrksrc=${pkgname}-${bash_distver}
+distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-${bash_distver}.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--without-bash-malloc --with-curses --bindir=/bin
  --enable-array-variables --enable-brace-expansion --enable-casemod-attributes
@@ -37,3 +39,18 @@ Add_dependency build	ncurses
 Add_dependency build	texinfo
 Add_dependency run	ncurses-libs
 Add_dependency run	coreutils
+
+pre_configure()
+{
+	if [ "${bash_patchlevel}" -gt 000 ]; then
+		for p in $(seq -w 001 ${bash_patchlevel}); do
+			[ -f ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/bash40-${p} ] && continue
+			wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.0-patches/bash40-$p
+		done
+	fi
+	cd ${wrksrc}
+	for p in $(seq -w 001 ${bash_patchlevel}); do
+		patch -s -Np0 -i ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/bash40-${p} && \
+			msg_normal "Applying patch bash40-$p."
+	done
+}