diff --git a/net/ddclient/Makefile b/net/ddclient/Makefile
index 39a99ebdbe14c..da4fdd23e8573 100644
--- a/net/ddclient/Makefile
+++ b/net/ddclient/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.37 2015/06/12 10:50:40 wiz Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.38 2016/02/09 12:23:37 mef Exp $
 
-DISTNAME=	ddclient-3.8.2
-PKGREVISION=	2
+DISTNAME=	ddclient-3.8.3
 CATEGORIES=	net
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE:=ddclient/}
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tar.bz2
@@ -30,19 +29,14 @@ REPLACE_FILES.sh+=	sample-etc_rc.d_init.d_ddclient
 
 INSTALLATION_DIRS=	sbin share/doc/ddclient share/examples/ddclient
 
-do-configure:
-	cd ${WRKSRC}; for f in ddclient; do				\
-		${SED}	-e "s|@PKG_SYSCONFDIR@|${PKG_SYSCONFDIR}|g"	\
-			-e "s|@VARBASE@|${VARBASE}|g"			\
-			-e "s|@PERL5@|${PERL5}|g"			\
-			$${f} > $${f}.fixed;			\
-		if [ -x $${f} ]; then				\
-			${CHMOD} +x $${f}.fixed;			\
-		fi;							\
-		${MV} -f $${f}.fixed $${f};			\
-	done
-
-do-build:	# empty
+SUBST_CLASSES+=		config
+SUBST_MESSAGE.config=	Adjust variables: PKG_SYSCONFIGDIR VARBASE PERL5 (in patch-aa)
+SUBST_FILES.config+=	ddclient
+SUBST_STAGE.config=	post-patch
+SUBST_VARS.config=	PKG_SYSCONFIGDIR VARBASE PERL5
+
+NO_CONFIGURE=		yes
+NO_BUILD=		yes
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/ddclient ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin
diff --git a/net/ddclient/PLIST b/net/ddclient/PLIST
index 6c9089cfb67cb..edfaba962098d 100644
--- a/net/ddclient/PLIST
+++ b/net/ddclient/PLIST
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@comment $NetBSD: PLIST,v 1.9 2014/12/14 15:35:49 schmonz Exp $
+@comment $NetBSD: PLIST,v 1.10 2016/02/09 12:23:37 mef Exp $
 sbin/ddclient
 share/doc/ddclient/COPYING
 share/doc/ddclient/COPYRIGHT
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ share/examples/ddclient/sample-etc_dhclient-exit-hooks
 share/examples/ddclient/sample-etc_dhcpc_dhcpcd-eth0.exe
 share/examples/ddclient/sample-etc_ppp_ip-up.local
 share/examples/ddclient/sample-etc_rc.d_init.d_ddclient
+share/examples/ddclient/sample-etc_rc.d_init.d_ddclient.alpine
 share/examples/ddclient/sample-etc_rc.d_init.d_ddclient.lsb
 share/examples/ddclient/sample-etc_rc.d_init.d_ddclient.redhat
 share/examples/ddclient/sample-etc_rc.d_init.d_ddclient.ubuntu
diff --git a/net/ddclient/distinfo b/net/ddclient/distinfo
index 3853100bd8055..b01b78eaa82fa 100644
--- a/net/ddclient/distinfo
+++ b/net/ddclient/distinfo
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.11 2015/11/04 00:34:56 agc Exp $
+$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.12 2016/02/09 12:23:37 mef Exp $
 
-SHA1 (ddclient-3.8.2.tar.bz2) = 8c887c06a580773c48a1eaced82a08c3077e1325
-RMD160 (ddclient-3.8.2.tar.bz2) = 126f773ce2fa15c8b0dd6229646afdce018d0c7b
-SHA512 (ddclient-3.8.2.tar.bz2) = 3578c68d6d96dcb4371e33c9c3ea4fb79abdeda83b66f9cae45fae60b91f357ba394ad0c3a45e5151758d25dc2ac3be3dccefd7c0f34be16abe9be43417b34ef
-Size (ddclient-3.8.2.tar.bz2) = 41996 bytes
+SHA1 (ddclient-3.8.3.tar.bz2) = 8668d8828a74ef4e7bca90890d7bbe414c37c3ff
+RMD160 (ddclient-3.8.3.tar.bz2) = 95eee96ed043748fc8be0602996d462d8a50fa7f
+SHA512 (ddclient-3.8.3.tar.bz2) = 5f2546687faf82a44c1addf058ef23bd29efba163c7fc1e9660f236aa092e9e51d301320cfdb72b78f2e65860386c30d85773d791f7c298d4ce42ba7dcdb4d2d
+Size (ddclient-3.8.3.tar.bz2) = 49026 bytes
 SHA1 (patch-aa) = de1ae69e4b89cc4d1a4146ef3856283c21aa6d76