diff --git a/security/node-sqlcipher/Makefile b/security/node-sqlcipher/Makefile
index 47415998e6a5..08a2770c0e90 100644
--- a/security/node-sqlcipher/Makefile
+++ b/security/node-sqlcipher/Makefile
@@ -1,45 +1,58 @@
 PORTNAME=	node-sqlcipher
 DISTVERSION=	1.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	security
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/signalapp/node-sqlcipher/archive/refs/tags/v${DISTVERSION}/:sqlcipher \
+		https://registry.npmjs.org/@esbuild/freebsd-arm64/-/:esbuildarm64 \
+		https://registry.npmjs.org/@esbuild/freebsd-x64/-/:esbuildx64 \
 		LOCAL/mikael/signal-desktop/:npm
-DISTFILES=	node-sqlcipher-${DISTVERSION}.tar.gz:sqlcipher \
+DISTFILES=	freebsd-arm64-${ESBUILD_VERS}.tgz:esbuildarm64 \
+                freebsd-x64-${ESBUILD_VERS}.tgz:esbuildx64 \
+		node-sqlcipher-${DISTVERSION}.tar.gz:sqlcipher \
 		node-sqlcipher-${DISTVERSION}-npm-cache.tar.gz:npm
 
 MAINTAINER=	mikael@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fast N-API-based Node.js addon wrapping sqlcipher and FTS5 segmenting APIs
 WWW=		https://github.com/signalapp/node-sqlcipher
 
 LICENSE=	AGPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	aarch64 amd64
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libsignal_sqlcipher_extension.a:devel/signal-sqlcipher-extension \
 		npm:www/npm${NODEJS_SUFFIX}
 
 USES=		nodejs:20,build
 
 PLIST_FILES=	lib/node_sqlcipher.node
 
+ESBUILD_VERS=	0.25.2
+ESBUILD_ARCH=	${ARCH:S/aarch64/arm64/:S/amd64/x64/}
+
+MAKE_ENV+=	ESBUILD_BINARY_PATH=${WRKDIR}/esbuild-freebsd-64/package/bin/esbuild
+
+post-extract:
+	${MKDIR} ${WRKDIR}/esbuild-freebsd-64
+	${TAR} xf ${DISTDIR}/freebsd-${ESBUILD_ARCH}-${ESBUILD_VERS}.tgz -C ${WRKDIR}/esbuild-freebsd-64
+
 post-patch:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} "s#PREFIX#${PREFIX}#g" \
 		${WRKSRC}/deps/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.gyp \
 		${WRKSRC}/binding.gyp
 
 do-build:
 	${ECHO_CMD} offline=true > ${WRKSRC}/.npmrc
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} npm install --nodedir=${PREFIX}
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/build/Release/obj.target/node_sqlcipher.node ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/
 
 create-caches-tarball:
 	# do some cleanup first
 	${RM} -r ${WRKDIR}/.npm/_logs ${WRKDIR}/.npm/_update-notifier-last-checked
 
 	cd ${WRKDIR} && \
 		${TAR} czf node-sqlcipher-${DISTVERSION}-npm-cache.tar.gz .npm
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/security/node-sqlcipher/distinfo b/security/node-sqlcipher/distinfo
index e8fc32285f1a..135b83bd03b2 100644
--- a/security/node-sqlcipher/distinfo
+++ b/security/node-sqlcipher/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1744363987
-SHA256 (node-sqlcipher-1.0.0-npm-cache.tar.gz) = 1fef14366dde911c77fe21131d44a81ad16e150c303f86d967dc09db9b9e6777
-SIZE (node-sqlcipher-1.0.0-npm-cache.tar.gz) = 66582106
+TIMESTAMP = 1744708277
+SHA256 (freebsd-arm64-0.25.2.tgz) = a8b16e6529f098cf7f8855cd2c5fbb21d740534181012ab819a4a569d9eaccdf
+SIZE (freebsd-arm64-0.25.2.tgz) = 3999648
+SHA256 (freebsd-x64-0.25.2.tgz) = b2394fbf3b85390d5d3246c50192d2b1208d83dbf96796cdc67079c66fc0aa48
+SIZE (freebsd-x64-0.25.2.tgz) = 4346306
 SHA256 (node-sqlcipher-1.0.0.tar.gz) = 5712bbfbb76739cc8a7d2ad0ce27bb60e6045203c2e24500504d0b6651314e91
 SIZE (node-sqlcipher-1.0.0.tar.gz) = 2667597
+SHA256 (node-sqlcipher-1.0.0-npm-cache.tar.gz) = 1fef14366dde911c77fe21131d44a81ad16e150c303f86d967dc09db9b9e6777
+SIZE (node-sqlcipher-1.0.0-npm-cache.tar.gz) = 66582106