diff --git a/doc/updating_waf.txt b/doc/updating_waf.txt
index 0c192d4489..d6767851fb 100644
--- a/doc/updating_waf.txt
+++ b/doc/updating_waf.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ cd /tmp
 curl https://waf.io/waf-2.0.19.tar.bz2 | tar xj
 cd waf-2.0.19
 
-patch -p1 < $ARDOURSRC/tools/waf-str.patch
+patch -p1 < $ARDOURSRC/tools/patches/waf-str.patch
 
 ./waf-light -v --make-waf --tools=misc,doxygen,$ARDOURSRC/tools/autowaf.py,$ARDOURSRC/tools/misc.py --prelude=''
 cp ./waf $ARDOURSRC/waf
diff --git a/patches/GdkQuartzWindow.patch b/tools/patches/GdkQuartzWindow.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from patches/GdkQuartzWindow.patch
rename to tools/patches/GdkQuartzWindow.patch
diff --git a/tools/boost-1.55-ptr-debug.patch b/tools/patches/boost-1.55-ptr-debug.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/boost-1.55-ptr-debug.patch
rename to tools/patches/boost-1.55-ptr-debug.patch
diff --git a/tools/boost-1.62-ptr-debug.patch b/tools/patches/boost-1.62-ptr-debug.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/boost-1.62-ptr-debug.patch
rename to tools/patches/boost-1.62-ptr-debug.patch
diff --git a/tools/boost-ptr-debug.patch b/tools/patches/boost-ptr-debug.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/boost-ptr-debug.patch
rename to tools/patches/boost-ptr-debug.patch
diff --git a/patches/gtk-osx.patch b/tools/patches/gtk-osx.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from patches/gtk-osx.patch
rename to tools/patches/gtk-osx.patch
diff --git a/patches/gtkdnd-quartz.patch b/tools/patches/gtkdnd-quartz.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from patches/gtkdnd-quartz.patch
rename to tools/patches/gtkdnd-quartz.patch
diff --git a/patches/shared_ptr.patch b/tools/patches/shared_ptr.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from patches/shared_ptr.patch
rename to tools/patches/shared_ptr.patch
diff --git a/tools/waf-str.patch b/tools/patches/waf-str.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/waf-str.patch
rename to tools/patches/waf-str.patch
diff --git a/tools/waflib-tar.patch b/tools/patches/waflib-tar.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/waflib-tar.patch
rename to tools/patches/waflib-tar.patch
diff --git a/tools/waflib.patch b/tools/patches/waflib.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/waflib.patch
rename to tools/patches/waflib.patch