diff --git a/security/grsecurity/pkg_linux_post.conf b/security/grsecurity/pkg_linux_post.conf
index 3785c0166..561327c70 100644
--- a/security/grsecurity/pkg_linux_post.conf
+++ b/security/grsecurity/pkg_linux_post.conf
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ bzcat $pkg_grsec_lxpatch | sed -e 's,\(EXTRAVERSION =\).*,\1,' > \
 	$pkg_grsec_tempdir/grsecurity-$pkg_grsec_ver-$ver.patch
 
 # manualy adjusting EXTRAVERSION
-lx_extraversion="${lx_extraversion}-grsec"
+hook_add postpatch 5 'lx_extraversion="${lx_extraversion}-grsec"'
 
 echo_status "Including grsecurity (grsecurity-$pkg_grsec_ver-$ver) patch..."
 var_append patchfiles ' ' "$pkg_grsec_tempdir/grsecurity-$pkg_grsec_ver-$ver.patch"