diff --git a/packages/frotz/Makefile.patch b/packages/frotz/Makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ca0ecc92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frotz/Makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ../Makefile.orig	2019-12-21 16:18:41.380353060 +0100
++++ ./Makefile	2019-12-21 16:42:45.894677981 +0100
+@@ -297,7 +300,7 @@
+ 		$(NAME)src/doc/*.6 $(NAME)src/doc/frotz.conf* \
+ 		$(NAME)src/doc/Xresources  > /dev/null
+ else
+-        @echo "Not in a git repository or git command not found.  Cannot make a tarball."
++	@echo "Not in a git repository or git command not found.  Cannot make a tarball."
+ endif
+ 
+ all: $(FROTZ_BIN) $(DFROTZ_BIN) $(SFROTZ_BIN)
diff --git a/packages/frotz/build.sh b/packages/frotz/build.sh
index 17cc65fed..74dbf0afc 100644
--- a/packages/frotz/build.sh
+++ b/packages/frotz/build.sh
@@ -1,23 +1,19 @@
-TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://github.com/DavidGriffith/frotz
+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://gitlab.com/DavidGriffith/frotz
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Interpreter for Infocom and other Z-machine interactive fiction (IF) games"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
 # frotz does not depend on dialog or curl, but the zgames script we bundle below in termux_step_make_install() do.
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.50
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://gitlab.com/DavidGriffith/frotz/-/archive/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}/frotz-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=0352dfc458fb5cc7a932c568bd86aabdde943bee25ea0cce58c46f8c893f554f
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses, dialog, curl"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.44
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=1
-TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/DavidGriffith/frotz/archive/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=dbb5eb3bc95275dcb984c4bdbaea58bc1f1b085b20092ce6e86d9f0bf3ba858f
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
 
 termux_step_pre_configure () {
-	CFLAGS+=" -Drindex=strrchr"
+	export CURSES_CFLAGS="-I$TERMUX_PREFIX/include"
+	export SYSCONFDIR="$TERMUX_PREFIX/include"
+	export SOUND_TYPE="none"
 }
 
-termux_step_make () {
-	CC="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS" PREFIX=$TERMUX_PREFIX make -j $TERMUX_MAKE_PROCESSES install
-}
-
-termux_step_make_install () {
-	cp $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR/zgames $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/zgames
-	chmod +x $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/zgames
+termux_step_post_make_install () {
+	install -m755 $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR/zgames $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/zgames
 }
diff --git a/packages/frotz/makefile.patch b/packages/frotz/makefile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f9418934..000000000
--- a/packages/frotz/makefile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-diff -u -r ../frotz-2.43d/Makefile ./Makefile
---- ../frotz-2.43d/Makefile	2012-01-03 09:32:58.000000000 +0100
-+++ ./Makefile	2014-03-06 22:50:06.580642826 +0100
-@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
- # Define your C compiler.  I recommend gcc if you have it.
- # MacOS users should use "cc" even though it's really "gcc".
- #
--CC = gcc
-+#CC = gcc
- #CC = cc
- 
- # Define your optimization flags.  Most compilers understand -O and -O2,
- # Standard (note: Solaris on UltraSparc using gcc 2.8.x might not like this.)
- #
--OPTS = -O2
-+OPTS = -Os
- 
- # Pentium with gcc 2.7.0 or better
- #OPTS = -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -malign-functions=2 -malign-loops=2 \
- #-malign-jumps=2
- 
- # Define where you want Frotz installed.  Usually this is /usr/local
--PREFIX = /usr/local
-+#PREFIX = /usr/local
- 
--MAN_PREFIX = $(PREFIX)
-+MAN_PREFIX = $(PREFIX)/share
- #MAN_PREFIX = /usr/local/share
- 
- CONFIG_DIR = $(PREFIX)/etc
-@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
- 
- # Define where you want Frotz to look for frotz.conf.
- #
--CONFIG_DIR = /usr/local/etc
-+#CONFIG_DIR = /usr/local/etc
- #CONFIG_DIR = /etc
- #CONFIG_DIR = /usr/pkg/etc
- #CONFIG_DIR =
-@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
- # curses library won't work, comment out the first option and uncomment
- # the second.
- #
--CURSES = -lcurses
--#CURSES = -lncurses
-+#CURSES = -lcurses
-+CURSES = -lncurses
- 
- # Uncomment this if your need to use ncurses instead of the
- # vendor-supplied curses library.  This just tells the compile process
-@@ -187,24 +187,24 @@
- $(COMMON_TARGET): $(COMMON_OBJECT)
- 	@echo
- 	@echo "Archiving common code..."
--	ar rc $(COMMON_TARGET) $(COMMON_OBJECT)
--	ranlib $(COMMON_TARGET)
-+	$(AR) rc $(COMMON_TARGET) $(COMMON_OBJECT)
-+	$(RANLIB) $(COMMON_TARGET)
- 	@echo
- 
- curses_lib:	config_curses $(CURSES_TARGET)
- $(CURSES_TARGET): $(CURSES_OBJECT)
- 	@echo
- 	@echo "Archiving curses interface code..."
--	ar rc $(CURSES_TARGET) $(CURSES_OBJECT)
--	ranlib $(CURSES_TARGET)
-+	$(AR) rc $(CURSES_TARGET) $(CURSES_OBJECT)
-+	$(RANLIB) $(CURSES_TARGET)
- 	@echo
- 
- dumb_lib:	$(DUMB_TARGET)
- $(DUMB_TARGET): $(DUMB_OBJECT)
- 	@echo
- 	@echo "Archiving dumb interface code..."
--	ar rc $(DUMB_TARGET) $(DUMB_OBJECT)
--	ranlib $(DUMB_TARGET)
-+	$(AR) rc $(DUMB_TARGET) $(DUMB_OBJECT)
-+	$(RANLIB) $(DUMB_TARGET)
- 	@echo
- 
- soundcard.h:
-@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
- 	fi
- 
- install: $(NAME)
--	strip $(BINNAME)$(EXTENSION)
-+	$(STRIP) $(BINNAME)$(EXTENSION)
- 	install -d $(PREFIX)/bin
- 	install -d $(MAN_PREFIX)/man/man6
- 	install -c -m 755 $(BINNAME)$(EXTENSION) $(PREFIX)/bin
-@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
- deinstall: uninstall
- 
- install_dumb: d$(NAME)
--	strip d$(BINNAME)$(EXTENSION)
-+	$(STRIP) d$(BINNAME)$(EXTENSION)
- 	install -d $(PREFIX)/bin
- 	install -d $(MAN_PREFIX)/man/man6
- 	install -c -m 755 d$(BINNAME)$(EXTENSION) $(PREFIX)/bin
diff --git a/packages/frotz/ux_frotz.h.patch b/packages/frotz/ux_frotz.h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9ca22326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frotz/ux_frotz.h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ../ux_frotz.h.orig	2019-12-21 18:00:15.498402287 +0100
++++ ./src/curses/ux_frotz.h	2019-12-21 18:00:32.478537779 +0100
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
+ #define ERR_REPORT_DEF		ERR_REPORT_ONCE
+ #define	QUETZAL_DEF		1
+ #define SAVEDIR_DEF		"if-saves"
+-#define ZCODEPATH_DEF		"/usr/games/zcode:/usr/local/games/zcode"
++#define ZCODEPATH_DEF		"@TERMUX_PREFIX@/usr/games/zcode:@TERMUX_PREFIX@/usr/local/games/zcode"
+ 
+ 
+ #define LINELEN		256	/* for getconfig()	*/