diff --git a/audio/whisper.cpp/Makefile b/audio/whisper.cpp/Makefile
index 93e68f87929e..757869e17f2a 100644
--- a/audio/whisper.cpp/Makefile
+++ b/audio/whisper.cpp/Makefile
@@ -1,41 +1,43 @@
 PORTNAME=	whisper.cpp
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	1.7.6
 CATEGORIES=	audio # machine-learning
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++
 WWW=		https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libggml.so:misc/ggml
 
-USES=		cmake
+USES=		cmake:testing
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ggerganov
 
 LDFLAGS+=	-pthread
 
 CMAKE_ON=	WHISPER_USE_SYSTEM_GGML
 CMAKE_OFF=	WHISPER_BUILD_TESTS
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	WHISPER_BUILD_TESTS \
 			WHISPER_BUILD_EXAMPLES
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		EXAMPLES
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	EXAMPLES # examples contain important user level programs
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 EXAMPLES_CMAKE_BOOL=	WHISPER_BUILD_EXAMPLES
 
+MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes # for tests to suceed on smaller Vulkan devices: they fail to allocate memory otherwise
+
 post-install:
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} \
 		${WRKSRC}/models/download-ggml-model.sh \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}-download-ggml-model.sh
 
 # tests as of 1.7.6: 73% tests passed, 3 tests failed out of 11, see https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/issues/3404
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>