diff --git a/devel/fnc/Makefile b/devel/fnc/Makefile
index 8808cc53a9a2..a4850df163ca 100644
--- a/devel/fnc/Makefile
+++ b/devel/fnc/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	fnc
 DISTVERSION=	0.18
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://fnc.bsdbox.org/tarball/${DISTVERSION}/ \
 		https://distfiles.pirateparty.in/ashish/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ashish@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Interactive ncurses browser for Fossil repositories
 WWW=		https://fnc.bsdbox.org/
 
 LICENSE=	ISCL
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-USES=		ncurses
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libsqlite3.so:databases/sqlite3
+
+USES=		localbase:ldflags ncurses
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 CFLAGS+=	-Wno-error=gnu-statement-expression
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/fnc \
 		share/man/man1/fnc.1.gz
 
 # For patch application
 post-extract:
+	${RM} ${WRKSRC}/lib/sqlite3.*
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/^VERSION/s/${DISTVERSION}$$/%%VERSION%%/' \
 		${WRKSRC}/fnc.bld.mk
 
 pre-build:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/^VERSION/s/%%VERSION%%/${DISTVERSION}/' \
 		-e 's,%%PREFIX%%,${PREFIX},' \
 		${WRKSRC}/fnc.bld.mk
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/fnc/files/patch-fnc.bld.mk b/devel/fnc/files/patch-fnc.bld.mk
index 0b121672e52a..8d9093d382bd 100644
--- a/devel/fnc/files/patch-fnc.bld.mk
+++ b/devel/fnc/files/patch-fnc.bld.mk
@@ -1,26 +1,56 @@
---- fnc.bld.mk.orig	2024-09-25 08:28:03 UTC
+--- fnc.bld.mk.orig	2026-01-23 20:37:32 UTC
 +++ fnc.bld.mk
 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CC ?=		cc
  
  # CONFIGURATION
  CC ?=		cc
 -PREFIX ?=	/usr/local
 +PREFIX ?=	%%PREFIX%%
  MANDIR ?=	/share/man
  VERSION ?=	%%VERSION%%
  HASH !=		cut -f 1 manifest.uuid
+@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ FNC_CFLAGS =	${CFLAGS} -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-p
+ 		-Wunused-variable -I./lib -I./include -I/usr/include/ncursesw \
+ 		-DFNC_VERSION=${VERSION} -DFNC_HASH=${HASH} -DFNC_DATE="${DATE}"
+ 
+-FNC_LDFLAGS =	${LDFLAGS} -lm -lutil -lz -lpthread
++FNC_LDFLAGS =	${LDFLAGS} -lm -lutil -lz -lpthread -lsqlite3
+ 
+ # Compile-time checks and runtime protection mechanisms from the compiler
+ # hardening document: https://best.openssf.org/Compiler-Hardening-Guides
+@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ all: bin
+ 
+ all: bin
+ 
+-bin: lib/sqlite3.o lib/libfossil.o src/fnc.o src/fnc
++bin: lib/libfossil.o src/fnc.o src/fnc
+ 
+ lib/sqlite3.o: lib/sqlite3.c lib/sqlite3.h
+ 	${CC} ${SQLITE_CFLAGS} -c $< -o $@
+@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ src/fnc: src/fnc.o src/diff.o src/error.o compat/reall
+ 	${CC} ${FNC_CFLAGS} -c $< -o $@
+ 
+ src/fnc: src/fnc.o src/diff.o src/error.o compat/reallocarray.o \
+-	lib/libfossil.o lib/sqlite3.o fnc.bld.mk
++	lib/libfossil.o fnc.bld.mk
+ 	${CC} -o $@ src/fnc.o src/diff.o src/error.o compat/reallocarray.o \
+-	lib/libfossil.o lib/sqlite3.o ${FNC_LDFLAGS}
++	lib/libfossil.o ${FNC_LDFLAGS}
+ 
+ dev:
+ 	${MAKE} GOHARD=1
 @@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ install:
  	@echo "generated compile_commands.json"
  
  install:
 -	mkdir -p -m 0755 ${PREFIX}/bin
 -	mkdir -p -m 0755 ${PREFIX}${MANDIR}/man1
 -	install -s -m 0755 src/fnc ${PREFIX}/bin/fnc
 -	install -m 0644 src/fnc.1 ${PREFIX}${MANDIR}/man1/fnc.1
 +	mkdir -p -m 0755 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 +	mkdir -p -m 0755 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}${MANDIR}/man1
 +	install -s -m 0755 src/fnc ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/fnc
 +	install -m 0644 src/fnc.1 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}${MANDIR}/man1/fnc.1
  
  uninstall:
  	rm -f ${PREFIX}/bin/fnc ${PREFIX}${MANDIR}/man1/fnc.1