diff --git a/comms/syncterm/Makefile b/comms/syncterm/Makefile
index 86a1b37571f8..b90c1ae8b84d 100644
--- a/comms/syncterm/Makefile
+++ b/comms/syncterm/Makefile
@@ -1,53 +1,46 @@
 PORTNAME=	syncterm
-DISTVERSION=	1.7
+DISTVERSION=	1.8
 CATEGORIES=	comms
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-src
 
 MAINTAINER=	shurd@freebsd.org
 COMMENT=	ANSI-BBS terminal which supports telnet, rlogin, and SSH
 WWW=		https://syncterm.bbsdev.net/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
-USES=		gmake perl5 tar:tgz
+USES=		cmake perl5 tar:tgz
 USE_PERL5=	build
-MAKEFILE=	GNUmakefile
-MAKE_ARGS+=	INSTALL_EXE="${INSTALL_PROGRAM}" \
-		MANPREFIX="${PREFIX}/share" \
-		PREFIX="${PREFIX}" \
-		RELEASE=1 \
-		WITHOUT_ALSA_SOUND=yes
-ALL_TARGET=	${PORTNAME}
-
-CFLAGS+=	-I../xpdev
-NO_CCACHE=	yes
+
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		JXL PORTAUDIO PULSEAUDIO SDL X11
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	JXL X11
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		JXL PORTAUDIO PULSEAUDIO SDL WAYLAND X11
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	JXL WAYLAND X11
 
 JXL_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/libjxl.pc:graphics/libjxl
 JXL_USES=		pkgconfig
-JXL_MAKE_ARGS_OFF=	WITHOUT_JPEG_XL=1
+JXL_CMAKE_OFF=		-DWITHOUT_JPEG_XL=ON
 
 PORTAUDIO_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/portaudio.h:audio/portaudio
-PORTAUDIO_MAKE_ARGS_OFF=	WITHOUT_PORTAUDIO=1
+PORTAUDIO_CMAKE_OFF=		-DWITHOUT_PORTAUDIO=ON
 
 PULSEAUDIO_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/libpulse-simple.pc:audio/pulseaudio
 PULSEAUDIO_USES=		pkgconfig
-PULSEAUDIO_MAKE_ARGS_OFF=	NO_PULSEAUDIO=1
+PULSEAUDIO_CMAKE_OFF=		-DWITHOUT_PULSEAUDIO=ON
 
 SDL_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/sdl2-config:devel/sdl20
-SDL_MAKE_ARGS=		USE_SDL=1 \
-			USE_SDL_AUDIO=1
-SDL_MAKE_ARGS_OFF=	WITHOUT_SDL=1
+SDL_CMAKE_OFF=		-DWITHOUT_SDL=ON
+
+WAYLAND_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/wayland-client.pc:graphics/wayland
+WAYLAND_USES=		pkgconfig
+WAYLAND_CMAKE_OFF=	-DWITHOUT_WAYLAND=ON
 
 X11_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/x11.pc:x11/libX11 \
 			${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/xinerama.pc:x11/libXinerama \
 			${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/xrandr.pc:x11/libXrandr \
 			${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/xrender.pc:x11/libXrender
 X11_USES=		pkgconfig
-X11_MAKE_ARGS_OFF=	NO_X=1
+X11_CMAKE_OFF=		-DWITHOUT_X11=ON
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/comms/syncterm/distinfo b/comms/syncterm/distinfo
index 037e3be80273..5f7a2a665be6 100644
--- a/comms/syncterm/distinfo
+++ b/comms/syncterm/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1760239214
-SHA256 (syncterm-1.7-src.tgz) = bed2a55b17bc2fc2ae65463fe87835c68defe519820657421b99dba18edb90c8
-SIZE (syncterm-1.7-src.tgz) = 11002120
+TIMESTAMP = 1776547091
+SHA256 (syncterm-1.8-src.tgz) = 7e32abdff51f151ed70bcc34e0d17f7832f477d2e80be9af59acd31908bbc4b8
+SIZE (syncterm-1.8-src.tgz) = 14642645
diff --git a/comms/syncterm/files/patch-3rdp_build_CMakeLists.txt b/comms/syncterm/files/patch-3rdp_build_CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7617695a3cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comms/syncterm/files/patch-3rdp_build_CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- 3rdp/build/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2026-04-18 20:39:40 UTC
++++ 3rdp/build/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -94,4 +94,8 @@ FetchContent_Declare(CryptLib
+ 		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${PATCHES} .
+ 		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/hashpatch.pl .
+ 		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E rename makefile makefile.old)
++# No network is used for this dependency (DOWNLOAD_COMMAND is empty), so the
++# port-level FETCHCONTENT_FULLY_DISCONNECTED guard would block a purely local
++# zip extraction. Shadow it here so population always runs.
++set(FETCHCONTENT_FULLY_DISCONNECTED FALSE)
+ FetchContent_MakeAvailable(CryptLib)
diff --git a/comms/syncterm/files/patch-src_syncterm_CMakeLists.txt b/comms/syncterm/files/patch-src_syncterm_CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7dde3261cc3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comms/syncterm/files/patch-src_syncterm_CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- src/syncterm/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2026-04-18 20:39:38 UTC
++++ src/syncterm/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ if(UNIX)
+ 
+ install(TARGETS syncterm DESTINATION bin)
+ if(UNIX)
+-	install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/syncterm.man TYPE MAN)
++	install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/syncterm.man
++		DESTINATION share/man/man1
++		RENAME syncterm.1)
+ 	install(FILES syncterm.desktop DESTINATION share/applications)
+ 	install(FILES syncterm.desktop DESTINATION share/applications)
+ 	install(FILES syncterm16.png DESTINATION share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps RENAME syncterm.png)
diff --git a/comms/syncterm/files/patch-src_xpdev_CMakeLists.txt b/comms/syncterm/files/patch-src_xpdev_CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8b5702fb42e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comms/syncterm/files/patch-src_xpdev_CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- src/xpdev/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2026-04-18 20:39:40 UTC
++++ src/xpdev/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -276,6 +276,13 @@ else()
+ if(WITHOUT_CRYPTLIB)
+ 	target_compile_definitions(xpdev PUBLIC WITHOUT_CRYPTLIB)
+ else()
++	if(NOT TARGET cl)
++		add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../3rdp/build cryptlib EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
++	endif()
+ 	target_compile_definitions(xpdev PUBLIC WITH_CRYPTLIB)
+ 	target_link_libraries(xpdev cl)
++	get_target_property(_CL_INC cl INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
++	if(_CL_INC)
++		target_include_directories(xpdev PRIVATE ${_CL_INC})
++	endif()
+ endif()
diff --git a/comms/syncterm/pkg-descr b/comms/syncterm/pkg-descr
index 11fd485b9335..2a33062e0dd6 100644
--- a/comms/syncterm/pkg-descr
+++ b/comms/syncterm/pkg-descr
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 An ANSI-BBS terminal designed to connect to remote BBSs via telnet, rlogin, or
 SSH. Supports ANSI music and the IBM charset when possible. Will run from a
-console, under X11 using XLib, or using SDL.
+console, under X11 using XLib, Wayland, or using SDL.