diff --git a/package/ed/ed.mk b/package/ed/ed.mk
index 66d68de58f..4349e2cd6b 100644
--- a/package/ed/ed.mk
+++ b/package/ed/ed.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #############################################################
 ED_SOURCE:=ed_0.2.orig.tar.gz
-ED_PATCH:=ed_0.2-19.diff.gz
+ED_PATCH:=ed_0.2-20.diff.gz
 ED_SITE:=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/ed
 ED_CAT:=$(ZCAT)
 ED_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/ed-0.2
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ $(DL_DIR)/$(ED_PATCH):
 
 ed-source: $(DL_DIR)/$(ED_SOURCE) $(DL_DIR)/$(ED_PATCH)
 
-ed-unpacked: $(ED_DIR)/.unpacked
 $(ED_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(ED_SOURCE) $(DL_DIR)/$(ED_PATCH)
 	$(ED_CAT) $(DL_DIR)/$(ED_SOURCE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
 	toolchain/patch-kernel.sh $(ED_DIR) $(DL_DIR) $(ED_PATCH)
+	if [ -d $(ED_DIR)/debian/patches ]; then \
+		toolchain/patch-kernel.sh $(ED_DIR) $(ED_DIR)/debian/patches \*.patch ; \
+	fi
 	toolchain/patch-kernel.sh $(ED_DIR) package/ed/ ed-*.patch
-	touch $(ED_DIR)/.unpacked
+	touch $@
 
 $(ED_DIR)/.configured: $(ED_DIR)/.unpacked
 	(cd $(ED_DIR); rm -rf config.cache; \
@@ -38,13 +40,13 @@ $(ED_DIR)/.configured: $(ED_DIR)/.unpacked
 		--exec-prefix=/usr \
 		$(DISABLE_NLS) \
 	);
-	touch $(ED_DIR)/.configured
+	touch $@
 
 $(ED_DIR)/$(ED_BINARY): $(ED_DIR)/.configured
 	$(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) -C $(ED_DIR)
 
 $(TARGET_DIR)/$(ED_TARGET_BINARY): $(ED_DIR)/$(ED_BINARY)
-	cp -a $(ED_DIR)/$(ED_BINARY) $(TARGET_DIR)/$(ED_TARGET_BINARY)
+	cp -dpf $(ED_DIR)/$(ED_BINARY) $(TARGET_DIR)/$(ED_TARGET_BINARY)
 
 ed: uclibc $(TARGET_DIR)/$(ED_TARGET_BINARY)