diff --git a/devel/py-llvmlite/Makefile b/devel/py-llvmlite/Makefile
index 343fbadb62e8..f1bcde71e3de 100644
--- a/devel/py-llvmlite/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-llvmlite/Makefile
@@ -1,44 +1,32 @@
 # Created by: David Kalliecharan <dave@dal.ca>
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	llvmlite
-DISTVERSION=	0.31.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.34.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	dave@dal.ca
 COMMENT=	Lightweight LLVM python binding for writing JIT compilers
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_ENUM34} \
 		llvm-config${LLVM_VER}:devel/llvm${LLVM_VER}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_ENUM34} \
 		llvm-config${LLVM_VER}:devel/llvm${LLVM_VER}
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lib python fortran
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
 CXXFLAGS=	-fPIC
 
 MAKE_ENV=	LLVM_CONFIG=${LOCALBASE}/bin/llvm-config${LLVM_VER}
 
-# compatible LLVM versions for llvmlite versions 0.29.0 - ...
-LLVM_SUPPORTED_MIN=	70
-LLVM_SUPPORTED_MAX=	80
-
-.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
-
-.if ${LLVM_DEFAULT:C/[1-5]./&0/:S,-devel,990,} < ${LLVM_SUPPORTED_MIN}
-LLVM_VER=	${LLVM_SUPPORTED_MIN}
-.elif ${LLVM_DEFAULT:C/[1-5]./&0/:S,-devel,990,} > ${LLVM_SUPPORTED_MAX}
-LLVM_VER=	${LLVM_SUPPORTED_MAX}
-.else
 LLVM_VER=	${LLVM_DEFAULT}
-.endif
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/llvmlite/binding/libllvmlite.so
 
-.include <bsd.port.post.mk>
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-llvmlite/distinfo b/devel/py-llvmlite/distinfo
index cae4f84eb9f9..af974dba6630 100644
--- a/devel/py-llvmlite/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-llvmlite/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1578993365
-SHA256 (llvmlite-0.31.0.tar.gz) = 22ab2b9d7ec79fab66ac8b3d2133347de86addc2e2df1b3793e523ac84baa3c8
-SIZE (llvmlite-0.31.0.tar.gz) = 110810
+TIMESTAMP = 1604792195
+SHA256 (llvmlite-0.34.0.tar.gz) = f03ee0d19bca8f2fe922bb424a909d05c28411983b0c2bc58b020032a0d11f63
+SIZE (llvmlite-0.34.0.tar.gz) = 107740
diff --git a/devel/py-llvmlite/files/patch-ffi_CMakeLists.txt b/devel/py-llvmlite/files/patch-ffi_CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e3c2b7f56c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-llvmlite/files/patch-ffi_CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/issues/542
+--- ffi/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2020-01-04 18:08:00 UTC
++++ ffi/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ find_package(LLVM REQUIRED CONFIG)
+ message(STATUS "Found LLVM ${LLVM_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
+ message(STATUS "Using LLVMConfig.cmake in: ${LLVM_DIR}")
+ 
++set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON) # otherwise FreeBSD build breaks asking for -fPIC
++
+ # Set your project compile flags.
+ # E.g. if using the C++ header files
+ # you will need to enable C++11 support