diff --git a/net/vnstat/patches/002-no_install_strip.patch b/net/vnstat/patches/002-no_install_strip.patch
index 03359157e..2553bb808 100644
--- a/net/vnstat/patches/002-no_install_strip.patch
+++ b/net/vnstat/patches/002-no_install_strip.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-diff -urN vnstat-1.10/Makefile vnstat-1.10.new/Makefile
---- vnstat-1.10/Makefile	2009-08-01 21:23:43.000000000 +0200
-+++ vnstat-1.10.new/Makefile	2010-01-03 21:51:31.000000000 +0100
-@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ install:
  
  # install everything else
  	install -d -m 755 $(BIN) $(SBIN) $(MAN)/man1 $(MAN)/man5 $(DESTDIR)/var/lib/vnstat
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ diff -urN vnstat-1.10/Makefile vnstat-1.10.new/Makefile
  	fi
  
  # update man pages, gzip it if previous version was done so	
-@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@
+@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ bsdinstall:
  
  # install binaries
  	install -dm 755 $(DESTDIR)/var/db/vnstat
diff --git a/net/vnstat/patches/003-no_install_uname.patch b/net/vnstat/patches/003-no_install_uname.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c7859b16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/vnstat/patches/003-no_install_uname.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@ clean:
+ install:
+ 	@echo "Installing vnStat..."
+ 
+-# check that system is really Linux
+-	@if [ `uname` != "Linux" ]; \
+-	then echo "This isn't a Linux system. Maybe 'make bsdinstall' is what you need?"; \
+-	false; \
+-	fi
+-
+ # check that there's something to install
+ 	@if [ ! -f "src/vnstat" ] || [ ! -f "src/vnstatd" ]; \
+ 	then echo "Nothing to install, run make first."; \