diff --git devel/notcurses/Makefile devel/notcurses/Makefile
index 2575540011b1..71a923146abd 100644
--- devel/notcurses/Makefile
+++ devel/notcurses/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 PORTNAME=	notcurses
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	${ABIVERSION}.1.5
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	nickblack@linux.com
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libavformat.so:multimedia/ffmpeg \
 		libqrcodegen.so:graphics/qr-code-generator \
 		libunistring.so:devel/libunistring
 
-USES=		cmake:noninja compiler:c++17-lang localbase ncurses:port pkgconfig \
+USES=		cmake:noninja compiler:c++17-lang localbase ncurses pkgconfig \
 		readline
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	dankamongmen
@@ -38,4 +39,12 @@ DOCS_CMAKE_BOOL=	USE_PANDOC USE_DOCTEST
 
 ABIVERSION=	2
 
+.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
+
+.if ${OPSYS} == "FreeBSD" && ${OSVERSION} >= 1300079
+USES+=		ncurses
+.else
+USES+=		ncurses:port
+.endif
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git devel/notcurses/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt devel/notcurses/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a01f31c48ee3
--- /dev/null
+++ devel/notcurses/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2021-01-17 23:44:46 UTC
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ find_package(Threads)
+ set_package_properties(Threads PROPERTIES TYPE REQUIRED)
+ # some distros (<cough>motherfucking alpine</cough> subsume terminfo directly
+ # into ncurses. accept either, and may god have mercy on our souls.
+-pkg_search_module(TERMINFO REQUIRED tinfo>=6.1 ncursesw>=6.1)
++pkg_search_module(TERMINFO tinfo>=6.1 ncursesw>=6.1)
+ set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY PACKAGES_FOUND terminfo)
+ set_package_properties(terminfo PROPERTIES TYPE REQUIRED)
+ pkg_search_module(READLINE REQUIRED readline>=8.0)