diff --git a/common/hooks/do-extract/00-distfiles.sh b/common/hooks/do-extract/00-distfiles.sh
index 7ae8efab662..f3699aa628c 100644
--- a/common/hooks/do-extract/00-distfiles.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/do-extract/00-distfiles.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ hook() {
 		*.tar)        cursufx="tar";;
 		*.zip)        cursufx="zip";;
 		*.rpm)        cursufx="rpm";;
-		*.patch)      cursufx="pch";;
+		*.patch)      cursufx="txt";;
+		*.diff)       cursufx="txt";;
+		*.txt)        cursufx="txt";;
 		*) msg_error "$pkgver: unknown distfile suffix for $curfile.\n";;
 		esac
 
@@ -103,6 +105,9 @@ hook() {
 				msg_error "$pkgver: cannot find rpmextract for extraction.\n"
 			fi
 			;;
+		txt)
+			cp -f $srcdir/$curfile $extractdir
+			;;
 		*)
 			msg_error "$pkgver: cannot guess $curfile extract suffix. ($cursufx)\n"
 			;;