diff --git a/graphics/lerc/Makefile b/graphics/lerc/Makefile
index e51b87d4b0ae..2cbeef92911d 100644
--- a/graphics/lerc/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/lerc/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	lerc
-PORTVERSION=	3.0
+PORTVERSION=	4.0.0
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	graphics
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	C++ library for Limited Error Raster Compression
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-USES=		cmake
+USES=		cmake compiler:c++17-lang dos2unix
+
+CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
+USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 GH_ACCOUNT=	Esri
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/lerc/distinfo b/graphics/lerc/distinfo
index 6153fe0282db..a6403d8096da 100644
--- a/graphics/lerc/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/lerc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1628103042
-SHA256 (Esri-lerc-v3.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 8c0148f5c22d823eff7b2c999b0781f8095e49a7d3195f13c68c5541dd5740a1
-SIZE (Esri-lerc-v3.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 4357957
+TIMESTAMP = 1660576720
+SHA256 (Esri-lerc-v4.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 91431c2b16d0e3de6cbaea188603359f87caed08259a645fd5a3805784ee30a0
+SIZE (Esri-lerc-v4.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 4710408
diff --git a/graphics/lerc/files/patch-_assert b/graphics/lerc/files/patch-_assert
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..307e2562b2b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphics/lerc/files/patch-_assert
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--- src/LercLib/fpl_EsriHuffman.cpp.orig	2022-07-31 08:46:15 UTC
++++ src/LercLib/fpl_EsriHuffman.cpp
+@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ Original coding 2021 Yuriy Yakimenko
+ 
+ USING_NAMESPACE_LERC
+ 
+-void _assert(bool v);
+-
+ bool decodePackBits (const unsigned char *ptr, const size_t size, size_t expected, unsigned char **output)
+ {
+     unsigned char *out = NULL;
+--- src/LercLib/fpl_Lerc2Ext.cpp.orig	2022-07-31 08:46:15 UTC
++++ src/LercLib/fpl_Lerc2Ext.cpp
+@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ Original coding 2021 Yuriy Yakimenko
+ 
+ USING_NAMESPACE_LERC
+ 
+-void _assert(bool v)
+-{
+-  if (v == false)
+-    throw "Assertion failed";
+-}
+-
+ template<typename T>
+ size_t getMinIndex(const T* array, size_t size)
+ {
diff --git a/graphics/lerc/pkg-plist b/graphics/lerc/pkg-plist
index 4e0b4d5a3147..f5ff8530892d 100644
--- a/graphics/lerc/pkg-plist
+++ b/graphics/lerc/pkg-plist
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 include/Lerc_c_api.h
 include/Lerc_types.h
 lib/libLerc.so
+lib/libLerc.so.4
+libdata/pkgconfig/Lerc.pc