diff --git a/games-puzzle/pingus/files/pingus-0.7.6-echo-e.patch b/games-puzzle/pingus/files/pingus-0.7.6-echo-e.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ab772d8c72e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games-puzzle/pingus/files/pingus-0.7.6-echo-e.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Work around Gentoo's crippled dash
+
+--- pingus-0.7.6/Makefile
++++ pingus-0.7.6/Makefile
+@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
+ 	install -d "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)"
+ 
+ 	install -D build/pingus "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/pingus.bin"
+-	echo -e "#!/bin/sh\nexec \"$(BINDIR)/pingus.bin\" --datadir \"$(DATADIR)\"" > "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/pingus"
++	printf '%s\n%s' "#!/bin/sh" "exec \"$(BINDIR)/pingus.bin\" --datadir \"$(DATADIR)\"" > "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/pingus"
+ 	chmod 755 "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/pingus"
+ 
+ install-data:
diff --git a/games-puzzle/pingus/pingus-0.7.6.ebuild b/games-puzzle/pingus/pingus-0.7.6.ebuild
index 91834802905b8..49ddbd7f2b713 100644
--- a/games-puzzle/pingus/pingus-0.7.6.ebuild
+++ b/games-puzzle/pingus/pingus-0.7.6.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
@@ -24,11 +24,15 @@ RDEPEND="media-libs/libsdl[joystick,opengl?,video]
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-noopengl.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-gcc47.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-echo-e.patch
+)
+
 src_prepare() {
 	strip-flags
-	epatch \
-		"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-noopengl.patch \
-		"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-gcc47.patch
+	epatch "${PATCHES[@]}"
 }
 
 src_compile() {