diff --git a/audio/lvtk/Makefile b/audio/lvtk/Makefile
index 8d405b8e08ae..258686ff86a2 100644
--- a/audio/lvtk/Makefile
+++ b/audio/lvtk/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,21 @@
 PORTNAME=	lvtk
 DISTVERSION=	2.0.0rc1-14
 DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-g1028f69
 CATEGORIES=	audio
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Wraps the LV2 C API and extensions into easy to use C++ classes
 WWW=		https://github.com/lvtk/lvtk
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-BROKEN=		configure fails: waf is not compatible with python-3.12: No module named 'imp', see https://github.com/lvtk/lvtk/issues/60
-
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	lv2>0:audio/lv2 \
-		${LOCALBASE}/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm.h:x11-toolkits/gtkmm24
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	lv2>0:audio/lv2
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang pkgconfig waf
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/lv2/lvtk.lv2/volume.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/audio/lvtk/files/patch-waflib_Context.py b/audio/lvtk/files/patch-waflib_Context.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1892660027bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/lvtk/files/patch-waflib_Context.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+-- Replace the 'imp' module with 'types', because 'imp' was removed in
+-- Python 3.12, causing waf to fail with "No module named 'imp'" and
+-- breaking configure.
+-- See https://github.com/lvtk/lvtk/issues/60
+
+--- waflib/Context.py.orig	2026-09-16 00:55:15 UTC
++++ waflib/Context.py
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Classes and functions enabling the command system
+ Classes and functions enabling the command system
+ """
+ 
+-import os, re, imp, sys
++import os, re, sys, types
+ from waflib import Utils, Errors, Logs
+ import waflib.Node
+ 
+@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ def load_module(path, encoding=None):
+ 	except KeyError:
+ 		pass
+ 
+-	module = imp.new_module(WSCRIPT_FILE)
++	module = types.ModuleType(WSCRIPT_FILE)
+ 	try:
+ 		code = Utils.readf(path, m='r', encoding=encoding)
+ 	except EnvironmentError: