diff --git a/textproc/libe-book/Makefile b/textproc/libe-book/Makefile
index 74447b901a66..68866a8e40a7 100644
--- a/textproc/libe-book/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/libe-book/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,37 @@
 PORTNAME=	libe-book
-PORTVERSION=	0.1.3
+DISTVERSION=	0.1.3
 PORTREVISION=	28
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
-MASTER_SITES=	SF/libebook/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}/
+MASTER_SITES=	SF/libebook/${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	office@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library for import of reflowable e-book formats
 WWW=		https://sourceforge.net/projects/libebook/
 
 LICENSE=	MPL20
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/boost/algorithm/string/classification.hpp:devel/boost-libs
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libicui18n.so:devel/icu \
 		liblangtag.so:devel/liblangtag \
 		librevenge-0.0.so:textproc/librevenge
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
-
+USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++11-lib gmake gnome gperf libtool \
+		localbase pathfix pkgconfig tar:xz
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
-
-USES=		compiler:c++11-lib gmake gnome gperf libtool pathfix pkgconfig \
-		tar:xz
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
+
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
-CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-werror --disable-tests
-CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include -DBOOST_ERROR_CODE_HEADER_ONLY
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
+
+CPPFLAGS+=	-DBOOST_ERROR_CODE_HEADER_ONLY
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-werror --disable-tests
+
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
+
 DOCS_BUILD_DEPENDS=	doxygen:devel/doxygen
 DOCS_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--without-docs
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/libe-book/files/patch-configure.ac b/textproc/libe-book/files/patch-configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6f18b6f6ecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/libe-book/files/patch-configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- configure.ac.orig	2025-01-04 19:00:12 UTC
++++ configure.ac
+@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ AC_SUBST([BOOST_CFLAGS])
+ # ========
+ # Find icu
+ # ========
+-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ICU], [icu-i18n])
++PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ICU], [icu-i18n icu-uc])
+ AC_SUBST(ICU_CFLAGS)
+ AC_SUBST(ICU_LIBS)
+