diff --git a/science/meep/Makefile b/science/meep/Makefile
index 1bb2e5d8e06a..611b4ff3a0cc 100644
--- a/science/meep/Makefile
+++ b/science/meep/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,37 @@
 PORTNAME=	meep
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	1.24.0
 CATEGORIES=	science cad
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Finite-difference time-domain software for electromagnetic simulations
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libharminv.a:science/harminv
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libblas.so:math/blas \
 		libctlgeom.so:science/libctl \
 		libfftw3.so:math/fftw3 \
 		libhdf5.so:science/hdf5 \
 		liblapack.so:math/lapack \
 		libopenblas.so:math/openblas
 
 USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++11-lang fortran gmake libtool localbase
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	NanoComp
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--without-scheme \
 		--without-python
 
+CXXFLAGS_i386=	-msse2 # to fix this error: '_mm_getcsr' needs target feature sse
+
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 TEST_TARGET=	check
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	make=${GMAKE}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>