diff --git a/scripts/functions b/scripts/functions
index 0028c038f..a4111329e 100644
--- a/scripts/functions
+++ b/scripts/functions
@@ -526,6 +526,9 @@ build_this_package() {
 		xsourceballs=$( echo "$sourceballs" | grep -F "$xsrcpattern" )
 	fi
 	for xsrctar in $xsourceballs; do
+		saved_patchfiles="$patchfiles"
+		var_append patchfiles " " \
+		           "`ls $confdir/*.patch.${xsrctar/-[0-9]*/} 2> /dev/null`"
 		if [ $autoextract = 1 ]; then
 			echo "Extracting $xsrctar ($taropt) ... "
 			cd $builddir
@@ -682,6 +685,7 @@ build_this_package() {
 		fi
 
 		hook_eval postdoc
+		patchfiles="$saved_patchfiles"
 	done
   
 	if [ "$rmemptydir" ]; then