diff --git a/devel/erlang-syslog/Makefile b/devel/erlang-syslog/Makefile
index 8fdd51350f08..aeca92ccd69c 100644
--- a/devel/erlang-syslog/Makefile
+++ b/devel/erlang-syslog/Makefile
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 PORTNAME=	syslog
 PORTVERSION=	1.0.5
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	erlang-
 
 MAINTAINER=	erlang@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Erlang port driver for interacting with syslog
 
-USES=		erlang:rebar
+LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
+
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	enc:devel/erlang-native-compiler
+
+USES=		erlang:rebar3
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	Vagabond
 GH_PROJECT=	${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/erlang-syslog/distinfo b/devel/erlang-syslog/distinfo
index c5b1c176d158..621b55ef9c93 100644
--- a/devel/erlang-syslog/distinfo
+++ b/devel/erlang-syslog/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1495355905
+TIMESTAMP = 1632942796
 SHA256 (Vagabond-erlang-syslog-1.0.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 3a49e7973ff8522bede8e73ff2465e6ad306205a4bffa1ed0efe4740819810e6
 SIZE (Vagabond-erlang-syslog-1.0.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 6345
diff --git a/devel/erlang-syslog/files/patch-rebar.config b/devel/erlang-syslog/files/patch-rebar.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..89980531bc12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/erlang-syslog/files/patch-rebar.config
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- rebar.config.orig	2021-09-29 19:21:16 UTC
++++ rebar.config
+@@ -8,16 +8,8 @@
+  {platform_define, "^[0-9]+", namespaced_types}
+ ]}.
+ 
+-{plugins, [
+-  { pc, { git, "git://github.com/blt/port_compiler.git", {tag, "1.6.0"}}}
+-]}.
+-
+ {artifacts, ["priv/syslog_drv.so"]}.
+ 
+-{provider_hooks, [
+-  {post,
+-     [
+-       {compile, {pc, compile}},
+-       {clean, {pc, clean}}
+-     ]
+-}]}.
++{pre_hooks, [{"", compile, "/usr/local/bin/enc compile"}]}.
++{post_hooks, [{"", clean, "/usr/local/bin/enc clean"}]}.
++