diff --git a/mail/heirloom-mailx/Makefile b/mail/heirloom-mailx/Makefile
index 032c39d54939..0bbf3ff46ac4 100644
--- a/mail/heirloom-mailx/Makefile
+++ b/mail/heirloom-mailx/Makefile
@@ -1,46 +1,46 @@
 PORTNAME=	mailx
 PORTVERSION=	12.4
-PORTREVISION=	8
+PORTREVISION=	9
 CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/heirloom/heirloom-${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	heirloom-
 
 MAINTAINER=	cy@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	BSD mail utility with MIME, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, and S/MIME extensions
 
 LICENSE=	BSD4CLAUSE
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	IPV6 DOCS
 
 CONFLICTS=	mailx
 
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 USES=		cpe iconv localbase ssl tar:bzip2
 CPE_VENDOR=	heirloom
 CPPFLAGS+=	-DOPENSSL_NO_SSL2
 MAKE_ARGS=	PREFIX="${PREFIX}" \
 		SYSCONFDIR="${PREFIX}/etc" \
 		SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail" \
 		CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}" \
 		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 
 PORTDOCS=	AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog README TODO
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MIPV6}
 MAKE_ARGS+=	IPv6="-DHAVE_IPv6_FUNCS"
 .endif
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}.1 ${STAGEDIR}${MAN1PREFIX}/man/man1
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/nail.rc ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/nail.rc.sample
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MDOCS}
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 .for i in ${PORTDOCS}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/${i} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 .endfor
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/mail/heirloom-mailx/files/patch-sendout.c b/mail/heirloom-mailx/files/patch-sendout.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d95e185c4e3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mail/heirloom-mailx/files/patch-sendout.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- sendout.c.orig	2022-01-26 14:24:22.000017000 -0800
++++ sendout.c	2022-01-26 14:25:03.262517000 -0800
+@@ -885,6 +885,7 @@
+ 				cp = expand(cp);
+ 			else
+ 				cp = SENDMAIL;
++			args[0] = cp;
+ 			execv(cp, args);
+ 			perror(cp);
+ 		}