diff --git a/package/fake/freetds/freetds.conf b/package/fake/freetds/freetds.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30ce5c798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/fake/freetds/freetds.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+var_append confopt ' ' "--sysconfdir=$root/etc/freetds"
diff --git a/package/fake/freetds/freetds.desc b/package/fake/freetds/freetds.desc
index fe2ac6d28..7d125907b 100644
--- a/package/fake/freetds/freetds.desc
+++ b/package/fake/freetds/freetds.desc
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 
 [L] LGPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 0.63
+[V] 0.64
 [P] X -----5---9 800.000
 
-[D] 2821637394 freetds-0.63.tar.gz http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ALPHA/freetds/stable/
+[D] 4188865150 freetds-0.64.tar.gz http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ALPHA/freetds/stable/