diff --git a/graphics/zathura-pdf-mupdf/Makefile b/graphics/zathura-pdf-mupdf/Makefile
index 63a4a241d273..ca48d5ee2792 100644
--- a/graphics/zathura-pdf-mupdf/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/zathura-pdf-mupdf/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,39 @@
 PORTNAME=	zathura-pdf-mupdf
 DISTVERSION=	0.4.4
-PORTREVISION=	3
+PORTREVISION=	4
 CATEGORIES=	graphics
 MASTER_SITES=	https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura-pdf-mupdf/download/
 
 MAINTAINER=	uzsolt@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	MuPDF render PDF plugin for Zathura PDF viewer
 WWW=		https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura-pdf-mupdf/
 
 LICENSE=	ZLIB
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	appstream-util:devel/appstream-glib \
 		zathura:graphics/zathura
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libgirara-gtk3.so:x11-toolkits/girara \
 		libmupdf.so:graphics/mupdf
 RUN_DEPENDS=	zathura:graphics/zathura
 
 USES=		compiler:c++17-lang desktop-file-utils gnome jpeg localbase \
 		meson pkgconfig tar:xz
 USE_GNOME=	cairo glib20
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	zathura-pdf-poppler
 
 #MESON_ARGS=	-Dlink-external=true
 
 PLIST_FILES=	lib/zathura/libpdf-mupdf.so \
 		share/applications/org.pwmt.zathura-pdf-mupdf.desktop \
 		share/metainfo/org.pwmt.zathura-pdf-mupdf.metainfo.xml
 
 post-patch:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} "s@\(cc.find_library(.*\))@\1,dirs:'${PREFIX}/lib')@" \
 		${WRKSRC}/meson.build
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} "s@join_paths(datadir, \
 		'metainfo')@join_paths(datadir, 'appdata')@" ${WRKSRC}/meson.build
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/zathura-pdf-mupdf/files/patch-meson.build b/graphics/zathura-pdf-mupdf/files/patch-meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52af85b6f040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphics/zathura-pdf-mupdf/files/patch-meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+--- meson.build.orig	2024-08-04 08:34:58 UTC
++++ meson.build
+@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ cairo = dependency('cairo')
+ girara = dependency('girara-gtk3')
+ glib = dependency('glib-2.0')
+ cairo = dependency('cairo')
+-mupdf = dependency('mupdf', required: false, version: '>=@0@.@1@'.format(mupdf_required_version_major, mupdf_required_version_minor))
+-mupdfthird = cc.find_library('mupdf-third')
++mupdf = cc.find_library('mupdf')
+ 
+ build_dependencies = [
+   zathura,
+@@ -32,43 +31,19 @@ build_dependencies = [
+   cairo,
+ ]
+ 
+-if not mupdf.found()
+-  # normal build of mupdf
+-  mupdf = cc.find_library('mupdf', has_headers: ['mupdf/fitz/version.h', 'mupdf/fitz.h', 'mupdf/pdf.h'], required: true)
+-  version_check = '''
+-#include <mupdf/fitz/version.h>
++  build_dependencies += [mupdf]
+ 
+-#if FZ_VERSION_MAJOR < @0@ || (FZ_VERSION_MAJOR == @0@ && FZ_VERSION_MINOR < @1@)
+-#error "mupdf @0@.@1@ or newer is requried"
+-#endif
+-'''.format(mupdf_required_version_major, mupdf_required_version_minor)
+-  if not cc.compiles(version_check, dependencies: [mupdf])
+-    error('mupdf @0@.@1@ or newer is required'.format(mupdf_required_version_major, mupdf_required_version_minor))
+-  endif
+-
+-  build_dependencies += [mupdf, mupdfthird]
+-else
+-  # build from Debian's libmupdf-dev
+-  build_dependencies += [mupdf, mupdfthird]
+-
+   libjpeg = dependency('libjpeg')
+   libjbig2dec = cc.find_library('jbig2dec')
+   libopenjp2 = dependency('libopenjp2')
+   gumbo = dependency('gumbo')
+-  tesseract = dependency('tesseract')
+-  leptonica = dependency('lept')
+-  mujs = dependency('mujs')
+ 
+   build_dependencies += [
+     libjpeg,
+     libjbig2dec,
+     libopenjp2,
+-    gumbo,
+-    tesseract,
+-    leptonica,
+-    mujs
++    gumbo
+   ]
+-endif
+ 
+ if get_option('plugindir') == ''
+   plugindir = zathura.get_variable(pkgconfig: 'plugindir')