diff --git a/shells/bash/Makefile b/shells/bash/Makefile
index c454259983bb..f43c176080fd 100644
--- a/shells/bash/Makefile
+++ b/shells/bash/Makefile
@@ -2,13 +2,20 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=		bash
-PORTVERSION=		4.4
+PATCHLEVEL=		5
+PORTVERSION=		4.4.${PATCHLEVEL:S/^0//g}
 PORTREVISION?=		0
 CATEGORIES=		shells
 MASTER_SITES=		GNU/${PORTNAME}
+DISTNAME=		${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:R}
 DIST_SUBDIR=		${PORTNAME}
 EXTRACT_ONLY=		${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
+PATCH_SITES=		GNU/${PORTNAME}/${DISTNAME}-patches/
+PATCHFILES!=		/usr/bin/jot -s " " -w \
+			${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION:R:S/.//g}-%03d \
+			${PATCHLEVEL} 1 ${PATCHLEVEL}
+
 MAINTAINER=		ehaupt@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=		GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell
 
@@ -96,7 +103,7 @@ cklatest:
 	@${ECHO} -n "Currently at: "
 	@${MAKE} -V PATCHLEVEL
 	-ncftpls \
-		ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-patches/ \
+		ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:C/\.[0-9a-z]*$//}-patches/ \
 		| fgrep -v .sig | ${TAIL}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/shells/bash/distinfo b/shells/bash/distinfo
index 32a254443748..35e54bfcdc20 100644
--- a/shells/bash/distinfo
+++ b/shells/bash/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1475186489
+TIMESTAMP = 1479623345
 SHA256 (bash/bash-4.4.tar.gz) = d86b3392c1202e8ff5a423b302e6284db7f8f435ea9f39b5b1b20fd3ac36dfcb
 SIZE (bash/bash-4.4.tar.gz) = 9377313
+SHA256 (bash/bash44-001) = 3e28d91531752df9a8cb167ad07cc542abaf944de9353fe8c6a535c9f1f17f0f
+SIZE (bash/bash44-001) = 1896
+SHA256 (bash/bash44-002) = 7020a0183e17a7233e665b979c78c184ea369cfaf3e8b4b11f5547ecb7c13c53
+SIZE (bash/bash44-002) = 1946
+SHA256 (bash/bash44-003) = 51df5a9192fdefe0ddca4bdf290932f74be03ffd0503a3d112e4199905e718b2
+SIZE (bash/bash44-003) = 1593
+SHA256 (bash/bash44-004) = ad080a30a4ac6c1273373617f29628cc320a35c8cd06913894794293dc52c8b3
+SIZE (bash/bash44-004) = 2350
+SHA256 (bash/bash44-005) = 221e4b725b770ad0bb6924df3f8d04f89eeca4558f6e4c777dfa93e967090529
+SIZE (bash/bash44-005) = 1439