diff --git a/mail/evolution/Makefile b/mail/evolution/Makefile
index 9be25802c86c..3b549fbd05df 100644
--- a/mail/evolution/Makefile
+++ b/mail/evolution/Makefile
@@ -133,4 +133,7 @@ MAPS_LIB_DEPENDS=	libjson-glib-1.0.so:devel/json-glib \
 MAPS_USES=		gl xorg
 MAPS_USE=		xorg=xcomposite,xdamage,xext,xfixes,xi,xrandr gl=egl
 
+post-patch:
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%LOCALBASE%%|${LOCALBASE}|g' ${WRKSRC}/CMakeLists.txt
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/mail/evolution/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/mail/evolution/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
index d38a5b4f155b..e8d6bb066542 100644
--- a/mail/evolution/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mail/evolution/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  # ******************************
  
  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES "-liconv")
-+set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "-L/usr/local/lib")
++set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "-L%%LOCALBASE%%/lib")
  CHECK_C_SOURCE_COMPILES("#include <iconv.h>
  			#include <stdlib.h>
  			int main(void) { iconv_t cd; cd = iconv_open (\"UTF-8\", \"ISO-8859-1\"); return 0; }" HAVE_LIBICONV)