diff --git a/news/nzbget/Makefile b/news/nzbget/Makefile
index cf99325a7757..ffced1574281 100644
--- a/news/nzbget/Makefile
+++ b/news/nzbget/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # Created by: Lewis Thompson <purple@lewiz.net>
 
 PORTNAME=	nzbget
-PORTVERSION=	21.0
+PORTVERSION=	21.1
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	news
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libxml2.so:textproc/libxml2
 
-USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++14-lang gmake localbase ncurses pkgconfig shebangfix ssl
+USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++14-lang gmake localbase ncurses pkgconfig python:build shebangfix ssl
 USE_RC_SUBR=	nzbget
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
@@ -30,21 +29,10 @@ SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	7Z DOCS OPTIMIZED_FLAGS PYTHON RAR
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	PAR PYTHON RAR 7Z
-7Z_DESC=	Support extraction of 7z archives
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS OPTIMIZED_FLAGS
 OPTIMIZED_FLAGS_DESC=	Enable optimized CPU instructions (SSE2/SSE3/NEON/etc)
-PYTHON_DESC=	Support for python post-processing scripts
-RAR_DESC=	Support extraction of rar archives
-
-7Z_RUN_DEPENDS=		7z:archivers/p7zip
-
 OPTIMIZED_FLAGS_EXTRA_PATCHES_OFF=	${FILESDIR}/extra-disable-optimized-flags.patch
 
-PYTHON_USES=		python:run
-
-RAR_RUN_DEPENDS=	unrar:archivers/unrar
-
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if (${ARCH} == "i386")
diff --git a/news/nzbget/distinfo b/news/nzbget/distinfo
index e8e87d6196e0..e28cdd121659 100644
--- a/news/nzbget/distinfo
+++ b/news/nzbget/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1559757041
-SHA256 (nzbget-nzbget-v21.0_GH0.tar.gz) = c7d3ece53f9bf958011b05404bf4063d74bd73fc8140a63c334e9e767eff6d50
-SIZE (nzbget-nzbget-v21.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 2011852
+TIMESTAMP = 1623584109
+SHA256 (nzbget-nzbget-v21.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 79695ea503447f13911a9fe58d0ef3e860b2ff5d6fdfd351186ee5fda1ae8bdb
+SIZE (nzbget-nzbget-v21.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 2011505
diff --git a/news/nzbget/files/nzbget.in b/news/nzbget/files/nzbget.in
index b692c3889ade..ef661a5bd11b 100644
--- a/news/nzbget/files/nzbget.in
+++ b/news/nzbget/files/nzbget.in
@@ -4,22 +4,34 @@
 # REQUIRE: LOGIN
 # KEYWORD: shutdown
 #
-# Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf.local or /etc/rc.conf
-# to enable this service:
+# Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf to enable the nzbget daemon:
 #
-# nzbget_enable (bool):	Set to NO by default.
-#			Set it to YES to enable it.
+# nzbget_enable="YES"
+#
+# Following additional settings are available:
+#
+# nzbget_user:    user to run nzbget as (recommended)
+# nzbget_conf:    path to config if in a non-standard location (optional)
+
+command=%%PREFIX%%/bin/nzbget
 
 . /etc/rc.subr
 
+load_rc_config nzbget
+
+nzbget_enable=${nzbget_enable:-NO}
+nzbget_user=${nzbget_user:-root}
+nzbget_conf=${nzbget_conf:+"-c $nzbget_conf"}
+
 name=nzbget
 rcvar=nzbget_enable
 
-load_rc_config ${name}
+start_cmd="nzbget_cmd -D"
+stop_cmd="nzbget_cmd -Q"
+reload_cmd="nzbget_cmd -O"
 
-: ${nzbget_enable:=NO}
-
-command=%%PREFIX%%/bin/nzbget
-command_args="-D"
+nzbget_cmd() {
+  /usr/bin/su -l $nzbget_user -c "exec $command $nzbget_conf $1"
+}
 
 run_rc_command "$1"
diff --git a/news/nzbget/files/pkg-message.in b/news/nzbget/files/pkg-message.in
index e7f1bdf4aed1..81330591b98f 100644
--- a/news/nzbget/files/pkg-message.in
+++ b/news/nzbget/files/pkg-message.in
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [
 { type: install
   message: <<EOM
-To run nzbget as an unprivileged user you can set the Daemonuser
-variable in %%LOCALBASE%%/etc/nzbget.conf
+Set "nzbget_user" in rc.conf or "DaemonUsername" in your nzbget config
+to run the nzbget daemon as an unprivileged user.
 EOM
 }
 ]