diff --git a/math/mfem/Makefile b/math/mfem/Makefile
index 8e298e41a2fd..4f1d71b3f041 100644
--- a/math/mfem/Makefile
+++ b/math/mfem/Makefile
@@ -1,38 +1,44 @@
 PORTNAME=	mfem
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	4.4
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Lightweight, general, scalable C++ library for finite element methods
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++11-lang
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	MFEM_ENABLE_TESTING # tests are broken, see https://github.com/mfem/mfem/issues/3163
 
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		SUPERLU
 OPTIONS_SINGLE=		MPI
 OPTIONS_SINGLE_MPI=	NOMPI MPICH OPENMPI
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	MPICH # should be the same choice as in science/hypre
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 NOMPI_DESC=		Build without parallel processing support
 OPENMPI_CMAKE_ON=	-DTPL_ENABLE_MPI=OFF
 
 MPICH_USES=		mpi:mpich
 MPICH_CMAKE_ON=		-DTPL_ENABLE_MPI=ON
 MPICH_LIB_DEPENDS=	libHYPRE.so:science/hypre \
 			libmetis.so:math/metis
 
 OPENMPI_USES=		mpi:openmpi
 OPENMPI_CMAKE_ON=	-DTPL_ENABLE_MPI=ON
 OPENMPI_LIB_DEPENDS=	libHYPRE.so:science/hypre \
 			libmetis.so:math/metis
 
+SUPERLU_DESC=		Enable SuperLU use
+SUPERLU_CMAKE_BOOL=	MFEM_USE_SUPERLU
+SUPERLU_CMAKE_ON=	-DSuperLUDist_DIR=${LOCALBASE} -DSuperLUDist_INCLUDE_DIRS=${LOCALBASE}/include/superlu
+SUPERLU_BROKEN=		build fails, see https://github.com/mfem/mfem/issues/3171
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>