diff --git a/devel/diffutils/Makefile b/devel/diffutils/Makefile
index ec8897710..a75a2b5d6 100644
--- a/devel/diffutils/Makefile
+++ b/devel/diffutils/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=diffutils
-PKG_VERSION:=3.7
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=3.8
+PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/diffutils
-PKG_HASH:=b3a7a6221c3dc916085f0d205abf6b8e1ba443d4dd965118da364a1dc1cb3a26
+PKG_HASH:=a6bdd7d1b31266d11c4f4de6c1b748d4607ab0231af5188fc2533d0ae2438fec
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Roger D <rogerdammit@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0
diff --git a/devel/diffutils/patches/010-ppc.patch b/devel/diffutils/patches/010-ppc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..530b79fea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/diffutils/patches/010-ppc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- a/lib/sigsegv.c
++++ b/lib/sigsegv.c
+@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ int libsigsegv_version = LIBSIGSEGV_VERS
+ #   define SIGSEGV_FAULT_STACKPOINTER  ((ucontext_t *) ucp)->uc_mcontext.gp_regs[1]
+ #  else /* 32-bit */
+ /* both should be equivalent */
+-#   if 0
+-#    define SIGSEGV_FAULT_STACKPOINTER  ((ucontext_t *) ucp)->uc_mcontext.regs->gpr[1]
++#   ifndef __GLIBC__
++#    define SIGSEGV_FAULT_STACKPOINTER  ((ucontext_t *) ucp)->uc_mcontext.gregs[1]
+ #   else
+ #    define SIGSEGV_FAULT_STACKPOINTER  ((ucontext_t *) ucp)->uc_mcontext.uc_regs->gregs[1]
+ #   endif