diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 77bcbc0..cb4c969 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ OBJ = ${SRC:.c=.o}
 
 all: options dwm
 
+
 options:
 	@echo dwm build options:
 	@echo "CFLAGS   = ${CFLAGS}"
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ ${OBJ}: config.h config.mk
 config.h:
 	cp config.def.h $@
 
-dwm: ${OBJ}
+dwm: ${OBJ} patch
 	${CC} -o $@ ${OBJ} ${LDFLAGS}
 
 clean:
@@ -48,4 +49,7 @@ uninstall:
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/dwm\
 		${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/dwm.1
 
+patch: patches/*.diff
+	find ${PATCHESDIR} -iname '*.diff' -exec sh -c 'patch < $$0' {} \;
+
 .PHONY: all options clean dist install uninstall
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 6d36cb7..75169d7 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ VERSION = 6.2
 # paths
 PREFIX = /usr/local
 MANPREFIX = ${PREFIX}/share/man
+PATCHESDIR = patches
 
 X11INC = /usr/X11R6/include
 X11LIB = /usr/X11R6/lib