diff --git multimedia/musikcube/Makefile multimedia/musikcube/Makefile
index 11fd9fe93c71..454a693a0e3c 100644
--- multimedia/musikcube/Makefile
+++ multimedia/musikcube/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	musikcube
 DISTVERSION=	0.96.4
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia audio
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
@@ -24,11 +24,21 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libavcodec.so:multimedia/ffmpeg \
 		libtag.so:audio/taglib \
 		libvorbis.so:audio/libvorbis
 
-USES=		cmake:noninja compiler:c++14-lang ncurses:port pkgconfig ssl # ncurses:port was changed to base by bug#249572, but this caused it to abort (bug#252817) and was reverted
+USES=		cmake:noninja compiler:c++14-lang pkgconfig ssl
 
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	clangen
+LDFLAGS+=	-lncursesw -lpanelw -ltinfow
+
+.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
+
+.if ${OPSYS} == "FreeBSD" && ${OSVERSION} >= 1300079
+USES+=		ncurses
+.else
+USES+=		ncurses:port
+CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include/ncurses
+.endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>