diff --git a/devel/e4graph/Makefile b/devel/e4graph/Makefile
index d4617391ded3..63b118ffc36c 100644
--- a/devel/e4graph/Makefile
+++ b/devel/e4graph/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
 # ex:ts=8
 # Ports collection makefile for:	e4graph
 # Date created:			Jul 16, 2002
 # Whom:				ijliao
 #
 # $FreeBSD$
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	e4graph
 PORTVERSION=	1.0a6
 PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 
-BROKEN=		"Does not compile"
-
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libmk4.a:${PORTSDIR}/databases/metakit
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libmk4.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/metakit
 LIB_DEPENDS=	tcl83.1:${PORTSDIR}/lang/tcl83 \
 		expat.4:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/expat2
 
-USE_LIBTOOL=	yes
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/all
-CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-metakit=${PREFIX} \
-		--with-tcl=${PREFIX} --enable-tcl \
-		--with-expat=${PREFIX} --enable-xml
+
+USE_LIBTOOL=	yes
+CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-metakit=${LOCALBASE} \
+		--with-tcl=${LOCALBASE} --enable-tcl \
+		--with-expat=${LOCALBASE} --enable-xml
+CFLAGS+=	-fpermissive
 MAKEFILE=	makefile
 INSTALLS_SHLIB=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/e4graph/files/patch-makefile.include.in b/devel/e4graph/files/patch-makefile.include.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..670af63168dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/e4graph/files/patch-makefile.include.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- makefile.include.in.orig	Wed May  8 01:04:10 2002
++++ makefile.include.in	Fri Oct 11 04:07:02 2002
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+ 
+ # Compile flags:
+ 
+-CXXFLAGS = -g -O4 -DPIC -fPIC -Dq4_INLINE
++CXXFLAGS = @CXXFLAGS@ -DPIC -fPIC -Dq4_INLINE
+ 
+ # Programs used during make:
+