diff --git a/devel/py-pymtbl/Makefile b/devel/py-pymtbl/Makefile
index 392e6810b820..6ba5714df0ff 100644
--- a/devel/py-pymtbl/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-pymtbl/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	pymtbl
 PORTVERSION=	0.6.0
 PORTREVISION=	0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	FARSIGHT LOCAL/truckman/farsight
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	truckman@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python wrapper for devel/mtbl
 WWW=		https://github.com/farsightsec/pymtbl
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYRIGHT
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libmtbl.so:devel/mtbl
 
 USES=		pkgconfig python shebangfix uniquefiles:dirs
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist cython distutils
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	examples/*.py examples/*/*.py
 
 PORTEXAMPLES=	*
 
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	EXAMPLES
 
-post-patch:
+pre-build:
 	cython-${PYTHON_VER} ${WRKSRC}/mtbl.pyx
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/mtbl*.so
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
 	(cd ${WRKSRC}/examples && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR})
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>