diff --git a/comms/syncterm/Makefile b/comms/syncterm/Makefile
index 404a932e286..eebb91719f6 100644
--- a/comms/syncterm/Makefile
+++ b/comms/syncterm/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 COMMENT=	BBS terminal program
 
-DISTNAME=	syncterm-1.7
+DISTNAME=	syncterm-1.8
 
 CATEGORIES=	comms net
 
diff --git a/comms/syncterm/distinfo b/comms/syncterm/distinfo
index 6ebfc1ae50e..a2173283939 100644
--- a/comms/syncterm/distinfo
+++ b/comms/syncterm/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (syncterm-1.7-src.tgz) = vtKlWxe8L8KuZUY/6Hg1xo3v5RmCBldCG5nboY7bkMg=
-SIZE (syncterm-1.7-src.tgz) = 11002120
+SHA256 (syncterm-1.8-src.tgz) = fjKr3/UfFR7XC8w04NF/eDL0d9LoC+mvWazTGQi7xLg=
+SIZE (syncterm-1.8-src.tgz) = 14642645
diff --git a/comms/syncterm/patches/patch-src_build_Common_gmake b/comms/syncterm/patches/patch-src_build_Common_gmake
index 1732c1fabba..4b8a3d75298 100644
--- a/comms/syncterm/patches/patch-src_build_Common_gmake
+++ b/comms/syncterm/patches/patch-src_build_Common_gmake
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Don't hardcode -O3.
 Index: src/build/Common.gmake
 --- src/build/Common.gmake.orig
 +++ src/build/Common.gmake
-@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ ifeq ($(machine_uname),x86_64)
+@@ -280,7 +280,6 @@ ifeq ($(machine_uname),x86_64)
   machine_uname	:= x64
  endif
  ifndef win
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Index: src/build/Common.gmake
  endif
  ifeq ($(machine_uname),sparc64)
   CFLAGS +=      -D__BIG_ENDIAN__
-@@ -524,7 +523,7 @@ ifdef DEBUG
+@@ -536,7 +535,7 @@ ifdef DEBUG
  else # RELEASE
   # -finline-functions (used to) break the baja build badly.
   # This also meant that -O3 wouldn't work either.
diff --git a/comms/syncterm/patches/patch-src_xpdev_genwrap_h b/comms/syncterm/patches/patch-src_xpdev_genwrap_h
index 9db4524a10c..3eb9e4e3758 100644
--- a/comms/syncterm/patches/patch-src_xpdev_genwrap_h
+++ b/comms/syncterm/patches/patch-src_xpdev_genwrap_h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ARCHITECTURE_DESC is unused, no need to error out for that.
 Index: src/xpdev/genwrap.h
 --- src/xpdev/genwrap.h.orig
 +++ src/xpdev/genwrap.h
-@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ extern "C" {
+@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ extern "C" {
  	#ifdef UNAME_ARCHITECTURE_DESC
  		#define ARCHITECTURE_DESC UNAME_ARCHITECTURE_DESC
  	#else