diff --git a/app-misc/mc/mc-4.8.14.ebuild b/app-misc/mc/mc-4.8.14.ebuild
index 5b989ad173d24..5586086e9e635 100644
--- a/app-misc/mc/mc-4.8.14.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/mc/mc-4.8.14.ebuild
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	[[ -n ${LIVE_EBUILD} ]] && ./autogen.sh
 
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4.8.13-tinfo.patch
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4.8.16-makedev.patch
 	epatch_user
 	eautoreconf
 }
diff --git a/app-misc/mc/mc-4.8.15.ebuild b/app-misc/mc/mc-4.8.15.ebuild
index 4cad971fe7450..09d12b70d0166 100644
--- a/app-misc/mc/mc-4.8.15.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/mc/mc-4.8.15.ebuild
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	[[ -n ${LIVE_EBUILD} ]] && ./autogen.sh
 
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4.8.13-tinfo.patch
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4.8.16-makedev.patch
 	epatch_user
 	eautoreconf
 }