diff --git a/srcpkgs/sdlmame/template b/srcpkgs/sdlmame/template
index 33a56321c6..756a0813f1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sdlmame/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sdlmame/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'mame'
 pkgname=sdlmame
 _distver=0144
-# _patchver=8
+ _patchver=5
 if [ -n "${_patchver}" ]; then
 	version=${_distver}u${_patchver}
 else
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ long_desc="
 
 noextract=yes
 
+Add_dependency build perl ">=0"
 Add_dependency build pkg-config
 Add_dependency build SDL-devel
 Add_dependency build SDL_ttf-devel
@@ -35,10 +36,10 @@ do_extract() {
 	unzip -q ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/$(basename $distfiles)
 	unzip -q mame.zip
 	rm -f mame.zip
+	find . -type f -not -name \*.png | xargs perl -pi -e 's/\r\n?/\n/g'
 
 	# XXX disabled, patches can't be applied?
 	# Download and apply released patches.
-	if false; then
 	for p in $(seq -w 1 ${_patchver}); do
 		_patch=${_distver}u${p}
 		msg_normal "Fetching patch: ${_patch} ...\n"
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ do_extract() {
 			&& patch -p0 -E -i ${_patch}.diff
 		rm -f ${_patch}_diff
 	done
-	fi
 }
 
 do_build() {