diff -ruN pkgsrc-2015Q3/mk/tools/tools.Linux.mk pkgsrc-2015Q3.fixed/mk/tools/tools.Linux.mk
--- pkgsrc-2015Q3/mk/tools/tools.Linux.mk	2015-02-16 12:01:40.000000000 +0100
+++ pkgsrc-2015Q3.fixed/mk/tools/tools.Linux.mk	2015-11-06 13:37:00.909414972 +0100
@@ -255,7 +255,11 @@
 .elif exists(/usr/bin/uniq)
 TOOLS_PLATFORM.uniq?=		/usr/bin/uniq
 .endif
+.if exists(/bin/wc)
+TOOLS_PLATFORM.wc?=             /bin/wc
+.else
 TOOLS_PLATFORM.wc?=		/usr/bin/wc
+.endif
 .if exists(/usr/bin/wget)
 TOOLS_PLATFORM.wget?=		/usr/bin/wget
 .endif