diff --git a/graphics/ttyplot/files/patch-Makefile b/graphics/ttyplot/files/patch-Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..442e508ff879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphics/ttyplot/files/patch-Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- Makefile.orig	2024-09-20 14:10:26 UTC
++++ Makefile
+@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra
+ PREFIX    ?= /usr/local
+ MANPREFIX ?= $(PREFIX)/man
+ CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra
+-CFLAGS += `pkg-config --cflags ncursesw`
+-LDLIBS += `pkg-config --libs ncursesw` -lm
++LDLIBS += -lcurses -lm
+ 
+ all: ttyplot stresstest
+ 
diff --git a/graphics/ttyplot/files/patch-ttyplot.c b/graphics/ttyplot/files/patch-ttyplot.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d95551e375cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphics/ttyplot/files/patch-ttyplot.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ttyplot.c.orig	2024-08-02 02:32:02 UTC
++++ ttyplot.c
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
+ 
+ // This is needed on macOS to get the ncurses widechar API, and pkg-config fails to
+ // define it.
+-#ifdef __APPLE__
++#if defined (__APPLE__) || defined (__FreeBSD__)
+ #define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
+ #else
+ // This is needed for musl libc