diff --git a/sysutils/vmdktool/Makefile b/sysutils/vmdktool/Makefile
index 9abac541c7ca..5ac7b085d379 100644
--- a/sysutils/vmdktool/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/vmdktool/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	vmdktool
 PORTVERSION=	1.4
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.Awfulhak.org/vmdktool/ \
 		ftp://ftp.Awfulhak.org/pub/vmdktool/ \
 		http://people.FreeBSD.org/~brian/vmdktool/
 
 MAINTAINER=	garga@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Convert VMDK files to/from raw disk images
 WWW=		http://www.awfulhak.org/vmdktool
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 
 USES=		perl5
 # We need the prove utility from Perl 5.
 USE_PERL5=	test
 
-PLIST_FILES=	bin/vmdktool \
-		man/man8/vmdktool.8.gz
-
 ALL_TARGET=	vmdktool
 TEST_TARGET=	test
 
+PLIST_FILES=	bin/vmdktool \
+		share/man/man8/vmdktool.8.gz
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/vmdktool/files/patch-Makefile b/sysutils/vmdktool/files/patch-Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e6e12904d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/vmdktool/files/patch-Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- Makefile.orig	2024-01-08 16:38:12 UTC
++++ Makefile
+@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ install:
+ 
+ install:
+ 	install -s vmdktool ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/
+-	install vmdktool.8 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/man/man8/
++	install vmdktool.8 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man8/