diff --git a/audio/qtractor/Makefile b/audio/qtractor/Makefile
index eeb7983d31df..44cb498382fb 100644
--- a/audio/qtractor/Makefile
+++ b/audio/qtractor/Makefile
@@ -1,81 +1,82 @@
 PORTNAME=	qtractor
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	qtractor_
-DISTVERSION=	0_9_27
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0_9_28
 CATEGORIES=	audio
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/rncbc/qtractor/archive/refs/tags/ \
 		https://download.steinberg.net/sdk_downloads/:vst3sdk
 DISTFILES=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX} \
 		${VST3_SDK_ARCHIVE}:vst3sdk
 EXTRACT_ONLY=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BROKEN_armv7=	non-constant-expression cannot be narrowed from type 'double' to 'float' in initializer list, see https://github.com/rncbc/qtractor/issues/353
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libasound.so:audio/alsa-lib \
 		libaubio.so:audio/aubio \
 		libfftw3.so:math/fftw3 \
 		libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 		libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libharfbuzz.so:print/harfbuzz \
 		libjack.so:audio/jack \
 		liblilv-0.so:audio/lilv \
 		liblo.so:audio/liblo \
 		libmad.so:audio/libmad \
 		libogg.so:audio/libogg \
 		librubberband.so:audio/rubberband \
 		libsamplerate.so:audio/libsamplerate \
 		libserd-0.so:devel/serd \
 		libsndfile.so:audio/libsndfile \
 		libsord-0.so:devel/sord \
 		libsratom-0.so:audio/sratom \
 		libsuil-0.so:audio/suil \
 		libvorbis.so:audio/libvorbis \
 		libvorbisenc.so:audio/libvorbis \
 		libvorbisfile.so:audio/libvorbis
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++17-lang desktop-file-utils gettext-runtime gnome localbase:ldflags pkgconfig qt:5 shared-mime-info
 USE_GNOME=	atk cairo gdkpixbuf2 gtk20 gtkmm24 pango
 USE_QT=		core gui svg widgets x11extras xml buildtools_build linguisttools_build qmake_build
+#USE_QT=		base svg tools_build # for Qt6
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
 
 CMAKE_OFF=	CONFIG_CLAP # for audio/clap, but it doesn't install anything
+CMAKE_OFF+=	CONFIG_QT6 # breaks with Qt6: Gtk-ERROR **: 21:10:56.939: GTK+ 2.x symbols detected. Using GTK+ 2.x and GTK+ 3 in the same process is not supported
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		VST3
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	VST3
 
 VST3_DESC=		Enable VST3 plug-in support
 VST3_USES=		xorg
 VST3_USE=		XORG=xcb
 VST3_CMAKE_BOOL=	CONFIG_VST3
 VST3_CMAKE_ON=		-DCONFIG_VST3SDK=${WRKDIR}/VST_SDK/vst3sdk
 #VST3_BUILD_DEPENDS=	vst3sdk>0:audio/vst3sdk # this is supposed to work instead of bundled archive, but it doesn't for some reason, see https://github.com/rncbc/qtractor/issues/331
 VST3_SDK_ARCHIVE=	vst-sdk_3.7.4_build-25_2021-12-16.zip
 
 post-extract-VST3-on:
 	@cd ${WRKDIR} && unzip -qq ${DISTDIR}/${VST3_SDK_ARCHIVE}
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
 		's|the ALSA Sequencer kernel module (snd-seq-midi)|alsa-seq-server (installed by audio/alsa-seq-server)|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/src/qtractorMainForm.cpp
 
 post-patch-VST3-on:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e ' \
 		s,__linux__,__linux__ || __FreeBSD__,; \
 		s,endian.h,sys/endian.h, \
 		' \
 		${WRKDIR}/VST_SDK/vst3sdk/pluginterfaces/base/fplatform.h
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e ' \
 		s,stdatomic.h,atomic,; \
 		s,atomic_int_least32_t,std::atomic_int_least32_t, \
 		' \
 		${WRKDIR}/VST_SDK/vst3sdk/pluginterfaces/base/funknown.cpp
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/audio/qtractor/distinfo b/audio/qtractor/distinfo
index 0d3e5613b93c..106cca4c9d13 100644
--- a/audio/qtractor/distinfo
+++ b/audio/qtractor/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1657220197
-SHA256 (qtractor_0_9_27.tar.gz) = e3461b1c752fb6e85591f183042c52f03453c95c79aebb9622248b00f93197dd
-SIZE (qtractor_0_9_27.tar.gz) = 1888934
+TIMESTAMP = 1662262926
+SHA256 (qtractor_0_9_28.tar.gz) = 988eec4ecba892568d98638264e9369d900213056622c74bba83050dc5334028
+SIZE (qtractor_0_9_28.tar.gz) = 1890234
 SHA256 (vst-sdk_3.7.4_build-25_2021-12-16.zip) = 49b0e46345af323ab84be9df065653b2a6531745dea6f3ac3fb47915df9f3a81
 SIZE (vst-sdk_3.7.4_build-25_2021-12-16.zip) = 104869292
diff --git a/audio/qtractor/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/audio/qtractor/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
index 09b05e59d8df..cf20ce0b7935 100644
--- a/audio/qtractor/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/audio/qtractor/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
---- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2022-05-08 05:23:35 UTC
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2022-09-01 16:15:02 UTC
 +++ CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ endif ()
+@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ endif ()
+ 
+ # Check for Qt...
+ if (CONFIG_QT6)
+-  find_package (Qt6 QUIET)
++  find_package (Qt6 REQUIRED QUIET)
+   if (NOT Qt6_FOUND)
+     set (CONFIG_QT6 0)
+   endif ()
+@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ endif ()
  
  # Check for MAD libraries.
  if (CONFIG_LIBMAD)
 -  pkg_check_modules (MAD IMPORTED_TARGET mad)
 +  pkg_check_modules (MAD IMPORTED_TARGET libmad)
    if (NOT MAD_FOUND)
      message (WARNING "*** MAD library not found.")
      set (CONFIG_LIBMAD 0)
diff --git a/audio/qtractor/pkg-message b/audio/qtractor/pkg-message
index 451d68a801b3..dc7e792a7e30 100644
--- a/audio/qtractor/pkg-message
+++ b/audio/qtractor/pkg-message
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 [
 { type: install
   message: <<EOM
+===============================================================================
 You installed Qtractor: an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application.
 
 In order to use it you need to install and run alsa-seq-server which
 creates /dev/snd/seq that is required by Qtractor.
-
+===============================================================================
 EOM
 }
 ]