diff --git a/games/pokerth/Makefile b/games/pokerth/Makefile
index e43bd1e3362c..52afc46405ac 100644
--- a/games/pokerth/Makefile
+++ b/games/pokerth/Makefile
@@ -1,68 +1,72 @@
 PORTNAME=	pokerth
 PORTVERSION=	1.1.2
 PORTREVISION=	17
 CATEGORIES=	games
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 
 PATCH_SITES=	https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/games-board/pokerth/files/ \
 		https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gentoo/gentoo/master/games-board/pokerth/files/
 PATCHFILES=	pokerth-1.1.2-boost-1.73.patch:-p1
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Poker game written in C++/Qt
 WWW=		https://www.pokerth.net/
 
 LICENSE=	AGPLv3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_thread.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libmikmod.so:audio/libmikmod \
 		libgnutls.so:security/gnutls \
 		libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
 		libgsasl.so:security/libgsasl \
 		libtinyxml.so:textproc/tinyxml \
 		libprotobuf.so:devel/protobuf \
 		libircclient.so:irc/libircclient
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/websocketpp/client.hpp:devel/websocketpp \
 		protoc:devel/protobuf
 
-USES=		compiler:c++11-lang gl gmake iconv qmake qt:5 sdl sqlite ssl
+USES=		compiler:c++17-lang gl gmake iconv localbase:ldflags qmake qt:5 sdl sqlite ssl
 USE_GL=		gl
-USE_CXXSTD=	c++11
+USE_CXXSTD=	c++17
 USE_QT=		buildtools:build core gui network sql sql-sqlite3 widgets
 USE_SDL=	mixer
 
+CXXFLAGS+=	-D_LIBCPP_ENABLE_CXX17_REMOVED_UNARY_BINARY_FUNCTION
+LDFLAGS+=	-labsl_log_internal_check_op \
+		-labsl_log_internal_message \
+		-lprotobuf
 QMAKE_SOURCE_PATH=	pokerth.pro
 QMAKE_ARGS+=	CONFIG+="client"
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}-rc
 
 PORTDOCS=	server_setup_howto.txt
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -E \
 		-e 's|/usr([a-z|/]*)|${LOCALBASE}/\1|g' \
 		-e 's|(-lcurl)|\1 ${ICONV_LIB}|g' \
 		-e 's|(-lcrypto) -liconv|\1 ${ICONV_LIB}|' \
 		-e 's:boost_([a-z]+)-[-|a-z|0-9|_]*:boost_\1:g' \
 		-e 's|LIB_DIRS =.*|LIB_DIRS = ${LOCALBASE}/lib|g' \
 		-e '/.*QMAKE_CXXFLAGS.*/d' \
 		${WRKSRC}/*.pro
 
 pre-build:
 	(cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 		 protoc --cpp_out=src/third_party/protobuf chatcleaner.proto && \
 		 protoc --cpp_out=src/third_party/protobuf pokerth.proto \
 	)
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/pokerth
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/bin/pokerth_server ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/docs/pokerth.1 ${STAGEDIR}${MAN1PREFIX}/man/man1
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/docs/server_setup_howto.txt ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/games/pokerth/files/patch-protobuf b/games/pokerth/files/patch-protobuf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2269493ebf7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/pokerth/files/patch-protobuf
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+--- pokerth_common.pro.orig	2017-08-16 12:24:03 UTC
++++ pokerth_common.pro
+@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
+ # QMake pro-file for PokerTH
+ 
+-!c++11 {
++!c++17 {
+ 	system( $$QMAKE_CXX -dumpversion | grep -e "^6.[0-9]" > /dev/null ) {
+ 		greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 5) | equals(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 5) {
+-			CONFIG += c++11 
++			CONFIG += c++17 
+ 		}
+ 		else { 
+ 			equals(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4) : greaterThan(QT_MINOR_VERSION, 7) {
+-				CONFIG += "c++11" 
+-				QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += "-std=gnu++11"
++				CONFIG += "c++17" 
++				QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += "-std=gnu++17"
+ 			}
+ 			else {
+ 				error (QT must be greater and 4.8+) 
+@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
+ 	}
+ }
+ 
+-c++11 {
++c++17 {
+ 	!system( $$QMAKE_CXX -dumpversion | grep -e "^6.[0-9]" > /dev/null ) {
+ 		equals(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4) : greaterThan(QT_MINOR_VERSION, 7) {
+-			QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += "-std=gnu++11"
++			QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += "-std=gnu++17"
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ }
+--- src/engine/local_engine/tools.cpp.orig	2017-08-16 12:24:03 UTC
++++ src/engine/local_engine/tools.cpp
+@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
+ #include <boost/nondet_random.hpp>
+ #include <boost/random/uniform_int.hpp>
+ #include <boost/random/variate_generator.hpp>
++#include <random>
+ 
+ 
+ using namespace std;
+@@ -68,9 +69,10 @@ static inline void InitRandState()
+ 
+ void Tools::ShuffleArrayNonDeterministic(int *inout, unsigned count)
+ {
++	std::random_device rd;
++	std::mt19937 g(rd());
+ 	InitRandState();
+-	nondet_rng rand(*g_rand_state);
+-	random_shuffle(&inout[0], &inout[count], rand);
++	std::shuffle(&inout[0], &inout[count], g);
+ }
+ 
+ void Tools::GetRand(int minValue, int maxValue, unsigned count, int *out)
+--- src/net/common/servergame.cpp.orig	2017-08-16 12:24:03 UTC
++++ src/net/common/servergame.cpp
+@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
+ #include <boost/asio.hpp>
+ #include <boost/bind.hpp>
+ #include <algorithm>
++#include <random>
+ 
+ #include <net/servergame.h>
+ #include <net/servergamestate.h>
+@@ -295,6 +296,8 @@ ServerGame::InternalStartGame()
+ {
+ 	// Initialize the game.
+ 	PlayerDataList playerData(GetFullPlayerDataList());
++	std::random_device rd;
++	std::mt19937 g(rd());
+ 
+ 	if (playerData.size() >= 2) {
+ 		// Set DB Backend.
+@@ -307,7 +310,7 @@ ServerGame::InternalStartGame()
+ 		// Note: This does not use a cryptographically strong
+ 		// random number generator.
+ 		vector<boost::shared_ptr<PlayerData> > tmpData(playerData.begin(), playerData.end());
+-		random_shuffle(tmpData.begin(), tmpData.end());
++		std::shuffle(tmpData.begin(), tmpData.end(), g);
+ 		copy(tmpData.begin(), tmpData.end(), playerData.begin());
+ 
+ 		// Set order of players.