diff --git a/devel/aws-crt-ffi/Makefile b/devel/aws-crt-ffi/Makefile
index 9f5e1d24023e..595923fba9dd 100644
--- a/devel/aws-crt-ffi/Makefile
+++ b/devel/aws-crt-ffi/Makefile
@@ -1,43 +1,44 @@
 PORTNAME=	aws-crt-ffi
 PORTVERSION=	0.4.0
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Foreign function interface (FFI) for the AWS Common Runtime (CRT) libraries
 WWW=		https://github.com/awslabs/aws-crt-ffi
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libaws-c-auth.so:security/aws-c-auth \
 		libaws-c-cal.so:security/aws-c-cal \
 		libaws-c-common.so:devel/aws-c-common \
 		libaws-c-compression.so:devel/aws-c-compression \
 		libaws-c-event-stream.so:devel/aws-c-event-stream \
 		libaws-c-http.so:devel/aws-c-http \
 		libaws-c-io.so:devel/aws-c-io \
 		libaws-c-sdkutils.so:devel/aws-c-sdkutils \
 		libaws-checksums.so:devel/aws-checksums \
 		libcrypto.so:security/aws-lc \
 		libs2n.so:security/s2n-tls
 
 USES=		cmake ssl
 
-CMAKE_ARGS=	-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${LOCALBASE}
+CMAKE_ARGS=	-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${LOCALBASE} \
+		-DLIBRARY_DIRECTORY=${PREFIX}/lib
 CMAKE_OFF=	BUILD_DEPS BUILD_TESTING
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	lib/aws-crt-ffi/cmake/aws-crt-ffi-config.cmake \
 		lib/libaws-crt-ffi.so
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	awslabs
 
 post-patch:
 # Clean up bundled libraries
 	@${RM} -r ${WRKSRC}/crt/
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/aws-crt-ffi/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/devel/aws-crt-ffi/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..557d887566a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/aws-crt-ffi/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2024-10-23 17:31:50 UTC
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ else()
+     add_subdirectory(crt/aws-c-event-stream)
+     add_subdirectory(crt/aws-checksums)
+ else()
++    find_package(aws-c-common REQUIRED)
+     include(AwsFindPackage)
+     set(IN_SOURCE_BUILD OFF)
+ endif()