diff --git a/preload/.md5sum b/preload/.md5sum
index 46cc33ce9..5773ced83 100644
--- a/preload/.md5sum
+++ b/preload/.md5sum
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+7732aa62c999e42f03ac6dfa13825e33  preload-0.6.3-check-help2man.patch
 1149e26ee70a6f74ae91a547104a9b52  preload-0.6.3-memcached-default.patch
 31e0ca4edcd8582049c69e711f6eb223  preload-0.6.3-statedir-fix.patch
 4ebb8463b3b7a323ad8b7ffe89578f6e  preload-0.6.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/preload/Pkgfile b/preload/Pkgfile
index 51136b9d5..12dcfd076 100644
--- a/preload/Pkgfile
+++ b/preload/Pkgfile
@@ -10,22 +10,16 @@ release=1
 source=(http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/preload/preload-$version.tar.gz
 	rc.preload
 	$name-$version-memcached-default.patch
-	$name-$version-statedir-fix.patch)
+	$name-$version-statedir-fix.patch
+	$name-$version-check-help2man.patch)
 
 build() {
 	cd preload-$version
 	patch -p 1 -i $SRC/$name-$version-memcached-default.patch
 	patch -p 1 -i $SRC/$name-$version-statedir-fix.patch
+	patch -p 1 -i $SRC/$name-$version-check-help2man.patch
 	autoreconf
 
-	# preload(8) is generated by help2man if available, otherwise
-	# it only contains "help2man is required to generate this file."
-	##rm -rv usr/man
-	if [ -z "$(pkginfo -i |grep '^help2man ')" ]; then
-		echo 'Install help2man.'
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
 	./configure \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--mandir=/usr/man \
diff --git a/preload/preload-0.6.3-check-help2man.patch b/preload/preload-0.6.3-check-help2man.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fba5e1d89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/preload/preload-0.6.3-check-help2man.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -pruN preload-0.6.3.orig/configure.ac preload-0.6.3/configure.ac
+--- preload-0.6.3.orig/configure.ac	2008-07-29 23:58:51.018143308 +1000
++++ preload-0.6.3/configure.ac	2008-07-30 00:29:37.524144736 +1000
+@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ AC_SUBST(MAILING_LIST)
+ AC_PROG_CC
+ AC_PROG_INSTALL
+ 
++AC_CHECK_PROG([have_help2man],[help2man],[yes],[no],[/usr/bin])
++if test $have_help2man = no; then
++	AC_MSG_ERROR([Missing help2man.])
++fi
++
+ # Checks for header files.
+ AC_HEADER_STDC
+ AC_HEADER_TIME