diff --git a/atheme-2.1.1_restart.patch b/atheme-2.1.1_restart.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03e98b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atheme-2.1.1_restart.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Index: src/atheme.c
+===================================================================
+--- src/atheme.c.orig
++++ src/atheme.c
+@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
+ 		slog(LG_INFO, "main(): restarting");
+ 
+ #ifndef _WIN32
+-		execve("bin/atheme", argv, environ);
++		execve(BINDIR "/atheme", argv, environ);
+ #endif
+ 	}
+ 
+Index: src/Makefile.in
+===================================================================
+--- src/Makefile.in.orig
++++ src/Makefile.in
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
+ SHAREDIR	= @SHAREDIR@
+ BIN		= atheme@EXEEXT@
+ MKDEP		= @MKDEP@
+-CFLAGS		= @CFLAGS@ -I../include -I../libatheme @PGINC@
++CFLAGS		= @CFLAGS@ -I../include -I../libatheme @PGINC@ -DBINDIR=\"$(bindir)\"
+ 
+ VERSION		= @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+