diff --git a/srcpkgs/wildmidi/files/wildmidi.cfg b/srcpkgs/wildmidi/files/wildmidi.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f094502cc49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/wildmidi/files/wildmidi.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+## wildmidi.cfg
+## This is used to set and configure GUS patchsets to be used with WildMidi
+## Please refer to the wildmidi.cfg(5) manpage for more details.
+
+## Load the patchset from freepats
+dir /usr/share/freepats
+source /etc/freepats/freepats.cfg
diff --git a/srcpkgs/wildmidi/template b/srcpkgs/wildmidi/template
index 6ce7b714a0b..073fda315ea 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wildmidi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wildmidi/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'wildmidi'
 pkgname=wildmidi
 version=0.4.3
-revision=4
+revision=5
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${pkgname}-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DWANT_ALSA=1 -DWANT_OSS=1 -DWANT_OPENAL=1"
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ checksum=498e5a96455bb4b91b37188ad6dcb070824e92c44f5ed452b90adbaec8eef3c5
 replaces="WildMidi>=0 WildMidi-devel>=0"
 
 post_install() {
-	vsed -i cfg/wildmidi.cfg -e "s;/usr/share/midi/freepats;/usr/share/freepats;"
-	vsconf cfg/wildmidi.cfg
+	vsconf ${FILESDIR}/wildmidi.cfg
 }
 
 libwildmidi_package() {
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ libwildmidi_package() {
 	conf_files="/etc/wildmidi/wildmidi.cfg"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so.*"
-		vinstall cfg/wildmidi.cfg 644 etc/wildmidi
+		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/wildmidi.cfg 644 etc/wildmidi
 	}
 }