diff --git a/sysutils/hal/Makefile b/sysutils/hal/Makefile
index 52a5324338cd..6fd3ce25d82e 100644
--- a/sysutils/hal/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/hal/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	hal
 DISTVERSION=	0.5.14
-PORTREVISION=	9
+PORTREVISION=	10
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/
 
diff --git a/sysutils/hal/files/patch-hald-runner_runner.c b/sysutils/hal/files/patch-hald-runner_runner.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b6c0043a5dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/hal/files/patch-hald-runner_runner.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- hald-runner/runner.c.orig	2010-11-05 19:26:05.673393765 +0200
++++ hald-runner/runner.c	2010-11-05 19:26:33.471393058 +0200
+@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ run_request_run (run_request *r, DBusCon
+ 	}
+ 	g_free (program_dir);
+ 
+-	if (r->input) {
++	if (r->input && strlen(r->input) > 0) {
+ 		if (write(stdin_v, r->input, strlen(r->input)) != (ssize_t) strlen(r->input))
+ 			printf("Warning: Error while writing r->input (%s) to stdin_v.\n", r->input);
+ 		close(stdin_v);