diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f69929c..e00b3d0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -103,7 +103,11 @@ $(Status)/config: $(Status)/patch
 	touch $(Status)/config
 
 $(Status)/patch: $(Status)/clone
-	cd $(SrcDir)/sshfs && for f in $(PrjDir)/patches/*.patch; do patch --binary -p1 <$$f; done
+	cd $(SrcDir)/sshfs &&                      \
+	for f in $(PrjDir)/patches/*.patch; do     \
+		patch -p1          <$$f >/dev/null ||  \
+		patch -p1 --binary <$$f;               \
+	done
 	touch $(Status)/patch
 
 $(Status)/clone:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 23e7459..6c0ad13 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ This is a simple project:
 In order to build SSHFS-Win you will need Cygwin and the following Cygwin packages:
 
 - gcc-core
-- git
+- git (warning: also having git-for-windows installed in your regular Windows installation can lead to unexpected errors from `git`)
 - libglib2.0-devel
 - make
 - meson