diff --git a/audio/freepats/doinst.sh b/audio/freepats/doinst.sh
index 160c80f012..746354c7e9 100644
--- a/audio/freepats/doinst.sh
+++ b/audio/freepats/doinst.sh
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ config etc/timidity/freepats.cfg.new
 if [ ! -r etc/timidity/timidity.cfg ]; then
   ( cd etc/timidity ; ln -sf crude.cfg timidity.cfg )
 fi
+
+if [ ! -r etc/timidity.cfg ]; then
+  ( cd etc ; ln -sf timidity/crude.cfg timidity.cfg )
+fi
diff --git a/audio/freepats/douninst.sh b/audio/freepats/douninst.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74df568c17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/freepats/douninst.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# remove symlinks, if they belong to us.
+
+[ -e etc/timidity.cfg ] && \
+  [ "$( readlink etc/timidity.cfg )" == "timidity/crude.cfg" ] && \
+  rm -f etc/timidity.cfg
+
+[ -e etc/timidity/timidity.cfg ] && \
+  [ "$( readlink etc/timidity/timidity.cfg )" == "crude.cfg" ] && \
+  rm -f etc/timidity/timidity.cfg
diff --git a/audio/freepats/freepats.SlackBuild b/audio/freepats/freepats.SlackBuild
index 7f1a385392..e4769082af 100644
--- a/audio/freepats/freepats.SlackBuild
+++ b/audio/freepats/freepats.SlackBuild
@@ -22,18 +22,23 @@
 #  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
+# 20230111 bkw: Modified by SlackBuilds.org, BUILD=3:
+# - Create config file symlink at /etc/timidity.cfg, because Slackware's
+#   SDL-1.2 looks there for it. Doing this makes the music work in odamex,
+#   and various other games. Also add a douninst.sh that removes the
+#   symlinks *if* they point to crude.cfg, to make it possible to switch
+#   between freepats and eawpats without having to manually update the
+#   symlinks.
+
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=freepats
 VERSION=${VERSION:-20060219}
 ARCH=noarch
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-3}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
-# If the variable PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME is set, then this script will report what
-# the name of the created package would be, and then exit. This information
-# could be useful to other scripts.
 if [ ! -z "${PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME}" ]; then
   echo "$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE"
   exit 0
@@ -73,6 +78,7 @@ cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+cat $CWD/douninst.sh > $PKG/install/douninst.sh
 
 cd $PKG
 /sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE