diff --git a/biology/libgtextutils/Makefile b/biology/libgtextutils/Makefile
index 4d67c42560e6..eb80110bc211 100644
--- a/biology/libgtextutils/Makefile
+++ b/biology/libgtextutils/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	libgtextutils
-PORTVERSION=	0.7
+DISTVERSION=	0.7
 CATEGORIES=	biology
 
 MAINTAINER=	jwb@FreeBSD.org
diff --git a/biology/libgtextutils/files/patch-src_gtextutils_text__line__reader.cpp b/biology/libgtextutils/files/patch-src_gtextutils_text__line__reader.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bbaad570e019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/biology/libgtextutils/files/patch-src_gtextutils_text__line__reader.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/gtextutils/text_line_reader.cpp.orig	2018-03-29 13:31:53 UTC
++++ src/gtextutils/text_line_reader.cpp
+@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ bool TextLineReader::next_line() 
+ 	if (input_stream.eof())
+ 		return false;
+ 
+-	return input_stream ;
++        // Fix based on the only code change since 0.7
++	return input_stream.good() ;
+ }
+