diff --git a/math/octave-forge-control/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-control/Makefile
index adac167de5db..e1a74e641ba1 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-control/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave-forge-control/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	octave-forge-control
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	control-
-DISTVERSION=	4.0.0
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSION=	4.0.1
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	stephen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Octave-forge package ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}
 WWW=		https://packages.octave.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKDIR}/${OCTAVE_SRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		octave autoreconf
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	gnu-octave SLICOT:slicot
 GH_PROJECT=	pkg-control SLICOT-Reference:slicot
 GH_TAGNAME=	401037e:slicot
 
 OCTAVE_SRC=	${GH_PROJECT}-control-${DISTVERSION}
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
-post-patch:
-	${MV} ${WRKSRC}/TG04BX.f ${WRKSRC_slicot}/src
+#post-patch:
+	#${MV} ${WRKSRC}/TG04BX.f ${WRKSRC_slicot}/src
 
-pre-configure:
-	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/SC_SRC.*\:\=/s+slicot+${WRKSRC_slicot}'+ ${WRKSRC}/Makefile
+post-patch:
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/SC_SMOD.*\:\=/s+\.\./slicot\-reference+${WRKSRC_slicot}'+ ${WRKSRC}/Makefile
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-control/distinfo b/math/octave-forge-control/distinfo
index 9c1bab680fca..6918efd72233 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-control/distinfo
+++ b/math/octave-forge-control/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1704436563
-SHA256 (octave-forge/gnu-octave-pkg-control-control-4.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 758931c1b0331bab28a522e21e22b928c387b698dbef61bb9d8813bab845d79c
-SIZE (octave-forge/gnu-octave-pkg-control-control-4.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 331350
+TIMESTAMP = 1711291904
+SHA256 (octave-forge/gnu-octave-pkg-control-control-4.0.1_GH0.tar.gz) = af9cc197a82970ad84dadf865218c06a0c2156f4c39cb10d1800296f49519d42
+SIZE (octave-forge/gnu-octave-pkg-control-control-4.0.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 335198
 SHA256 (octave-forge/SLICOT-SLICOT-Reference-401037e_GH0.tar.gz) = bbdf70fe0a069ca80567f4421ba428ff9ea99b57f96ca552467032750f48b66f
 SIZE (octave-forge/SLICOT-SLICOT-Reference-401037e_GH0.tar.gz) = 2868815
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-control/files/patch-Makefile b/math/octave-forge-control/files/patch-Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b2ed26f54f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/octave-forge-control/files/patch-Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- Makefile.orig	2024-03-24 14:59:01 UTC
++++ Makefile
+@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ $(SC_SRC)/TG04BX.f:
+ #            src directories of the SLICOT submodule.
+ $(SC_SRC)/MA02ID.f:
+ 	mkdir -p $(SC_SRC)
+-	cp -t $(SC_SRC) $(SC_SMOD)/src/*.f
+-	cp -t $(SC_SRC) $(SC_SMOD)/src_aux/*.f
++	cp $(SC_SMOD)/src/*.f $(SC_SRC)
++	cp $(SC_SMOD)/src_aux/*.f $(SC_SRC)
+ 	./bootstrap && $(RM) -r "autom4te.cache"
+ 
+ # TODO: Private oct-files for control package.