diff --git a/net-mgmt/zabbix44-server/Makefile b/net-mgmt/zabbix44-server/Makefile
index 2da366876311..59f23bc7b811 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/zabbix44-server/Makefile
+++ b/net-mgmt/zabbix44-server/Makefile
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ ZABBIX_BUILD= ${PKGNAMESUFFIX:S/^-//}
 .if ${ZABBIX_BUILD} != "frontend" # frontend only needs the version/distribution settings
 .if ${ZABBIX_BUILD} != "agent"
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=       --with-libevent=${LOCALBASE}
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=       --cache-file=${WRKSRC}/config.cache
 LIB_DEPENDS+=  libevent.so:devel/libevent
 USE_RC_SUBR=   zabbix_${ZABBIX_BUILD}
 .else
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ IPV6_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=      ipv6
 NMAP_RUN_DEPENDS=      nmap:security/nmap \
                        sudo:security/sudo

-LIBXML2_CONFIGURE_WITH=        libxml2
+LIBXML2_CONFIGURE_WITH=        libxml2=${LOCALBASE}
 LIBXML2_LIB_DEPENDS=   libxml2.so:textproc/libxml2

 OPENSSL_CONFIGURE_WITH=        openssl
@@ -136,6 +137,9 @@ GNUTLS_LIB_DEPENDS= libgnutls.so:security/gnutls

 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>

+pre-configure:
+       @echo "ac_cv_env_PKG_CONFIG_set=${LOCALBASE}/bin/pkgconf" > ${WRKSRC}/config.cache
+
 post-patch:
        @${GREP} -rl "/etc/zabbix" ${WRKSRC} \
          | ${XARGS} ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's#/usr/local/etc#${ETCDIR}#g'