diff --git a/deskutils/gnome-dictionary/Makefile b/deskutils/gnome-dictionary/Makefile
index d64d89509d3e..33f93dcabb83 100644
--- a/deskutils/gnome-dictionary/Makefile
+++ b/deskutils/gnome-dictionary/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,32 @@
 # Created by: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	gnome-dictionary
 PORTVERSION=	40.0
 CATEGORIES=	deskutils gnome
 MASTER_SITES=	GNOME/sources/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION:C/^([0-9]+)\..*/\1/}
 DIST_SUBDIR=	gnome3
 
+PATCH_SITES=	https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/${PORTNAME}/-/commit/
+PATCHFILES+=	87c026cfe4ac.patch:-p1 # meson 0.57
+PATCHFILES+=	cf3f8a67cd6f.patch:-p1 # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-dictionary/-/merge_requests/18
+
 MAINTAINER=	gnome@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	GNOME 3 dictionary lookup application
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2 LGPL21
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 LICENSE_FILE_GPLv2=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 LICENSE_FILE_LGPL21=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING.libs
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	docbook-xsl>=0:textproc/docbook-xsl \
 		itstool:textproc/itstool
 
 PORTSCOUT=	limitw:1,even
 
 USES=		gettext gnome localbase meson pkgconfig tar:xz
 USE_GNOME=	cairo gtk30 introspection:build libxslt:build
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 GLIB_SCHEMAS=	org.gnome.dictionary.gschema.xml
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/deskutils/gnome-dictionary/distinfo b/deskutils/gnome-dictionary/distinfo
index 286fe597f6a5..6897e9e00e3d 100644
--- a/deskutils/gnome-dictionary/distinfo
+++ b/deskutils/gnome-dictionary/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 TIMESTAMP = 1628099354
 SHA256 (gnome3/gnome-dictionary-40.0.tar.xz) = 2e650c2a4cea8cc4d02d4a583c456cbbc9d1871e918c7dc4de081ded1d830db5
 SIZE (gnome3/gnome-dictionary-40.0.tar.xz) = 603388
+SHA256 (gnome3/87c026cfe4ac.patch) = 00458b28b3d00837c59468385e8698ee8846ab9517a8154e86b1fc7957a4824a
+SIZE (gnome3/87c026cfe4ac.patch) = 1772
+SHA256 (gnome3/cf3f8a67cd6f.patch) = 254f464c3a79a9dbd2a03c518fd288cc8b41de28c8817bc2c279ce9903617d15
+SIZE (gnome3/cf3f8a67cd6f.patch) = 1789