diff --git a/math/octave-forge-strings/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-strings/Makefile
index 8c83137e854f..0f978c33a83c 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-strings/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave-forge-strings/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	octave-forge-strings
 PORTVERSION=	1.3.0
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	stephen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Octave-forge package ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}
 
+LICENSE=	GPLv3+ BSD2CLAUSE
+LICENSE_COMB=	multi
+
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libpcre2-8.so:devel/pcre2
+
+USES=		pkgconfig
+
 # OCTSRC is the name of the directory of the package.
 # It is usually ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME} or ${DISTNAME}.
 OCTSRC=		${DISTNAME}
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${OCTSRC}/src
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 .include "${.CURDIR}/../../Mk/bsd.octave.mk"
 
 post-build:
 	${RM} ${WRKSRC}/Makefile ${WRKSRC}/configure
 	cd ${WRKDIR} && ${TAR} cfz ${DISTNAME}.tar.gz ${OCTSRC}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>