diff --git a/misc/ola/Makefile b/misc/ola/Makefile
index ae9c17a3d2c0..b62a7e2b874b 100644
--- a/misc/ola/Makefile
+++ b/misc/ola/Makefile
@@ -1,47 +1,44 @@
 PORTNAME=	ola
 DISTVERSION=	0.10.9
 PORTREVISION=	10
 CATEGORIES=	misc
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/OpenLightingProject/ola/releases/download/${DISTVERSION}/
 
 PATCH_SITES=	https://github.com/OpenLightingProject/${PORTNAME}/commit/
 PATCHFILES+=	321731ce73be4ea79adb2174591ce94695d3e85b.patch:-p1
 PATCHFILES+=	4006f2129f0a6061d59fe5892a2a17c53699a31a.patch:-p1
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Open Lighting Architecture: framework for lighting control information
 WWW=		https://www.openlighting.org/ola/ \
 		https://github.com/OpenLightingProject/ola
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 
-BROKEN_FreeBSD_14=	Fails to build, error: implicit instantiation of undefined template 'std::char_traits<unsigned char>'
-BROKEN_FreeBSD_13=	Fails to build, error: implicit instantiation of undefined template 'std::char_traits<unsigned char>'
-
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libavahi-common.so:net/avahi-app \
 		libftdi1.so:devel/libftdi1 \
 		libmicrohttpd.so:www/libmicrohttpd \
 		libprotobuf.so:devel/protobuf3 \
 		libuuid.so:misc/libuuid
 TEST_DEPENDS=	cppunit>0:devel/cppunit
 
 USES=		bison gmake libtool localbase pkgconfig
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 LDFLAGS+=	-lprotobuf # workaround for https://github.com/OpenLightingProject/ola/issues/1871
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=		--disable-unittests --disable-examples
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--disable-fatal-warnings # see https://github.com/OpenLightingProject/ola/issues/1962
 
 TEST_TARGET=	check
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 TESTING_UNSAFE=	1 test fails, see https://github.com/OpenLightingProject/ola/issues/1872
 
 do-test:
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ./configure ${CONFIGURE_ARGS} --enable-unittests && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${GMAKE} ${TEST_TARGET}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/ola/files/patch-include_ola_io_ByteString.h b/misc/ola/files/patch-include_ola_io_ByteString.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6f4a8690231a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/ola/files/patch-include_ola_io_ByteString.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+- workaround for https://github.com/OpenLightingProject/ola/issues/1982
+
+--- include/ola/io/ByteString.h.orig	2025-11-04 00:31:22.940654000 -0800
++++ include/ola/io/ByteString.h	2025-11-04 00:31:40.486954000 -0800
+@@ -23,7 +23,36 @@
+ 
+ #include <stdint.h>
+ #include <string>
++#include <cstring>
+ 
++namespace std {
++
++template<>
++struct char_traits<uint8_t> {
++  typedef uint8_t char_type;
++  typedef int int_type;
++  typedef std::streamoff off_type;
++  typedef std::streampos pos_type;
++  typedef std::mbstate_t state_type;
++
++  static void assign(char_type& r, const char_type& a) { r = a; }
++  static char_type* assign(char_type* p, size_t count, char_type a) { return static_cast<char_type*>(std::memset(p, a, count)); }
++  static bool eq(const char_type& a, const char_type& b) { return a == b; }
++  static bool lt(const char_type& a, const char_type& b) { return a < b; }
++  static char_type* move(char_type* dest, const char_type* src, size_t count) { return static_cast<char_type*>(std::memmove(dest, src, count)); }
++  static char_type* copy(char_type* dest, const char_type* src, size_t count) { return static_cast<char_type*>(std::memcpy(dest, src, count)); }
++  static int compare(const char_type* s1, const char_type* s2, size_t count) { return std::memcmp(s1, s2, count); }
++  static size_t length(const char_type* s) { return std::strlen(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(s)); }
++  static const char_type* find(const char_type* p, size_t count, const char_type& ch) { return static_cast<const char_type*>(std::memchr(p, ch, count)); }
++  static char_type to_char_type(const int_type& c) { return static_cast<char_type>(c); }
++  static int_type to_int_type(const char_type& c) { return static_cast<int_type>(c); }
++  static bool eq_int_type(const int_type& c1, const int_type& c2) { return c1 == c2; }
++  static int_type eof() { return static_cast<int_type>(EOF); }
++  static int_type not_eof(const int_type& c) { return (c == eof()) ? 0 : c; }
++};
++
++}  // namespace std
++
+ namespace ola {
+ namespace io {
+